An RF-MEMS based SP4T switched LNA MMIC used in a 24 GHz beam-steering antenna module

R. Malmqvist; A. Gustafsson; W. Simon; M.A. Campo; L. Baggen; B. Grandchamp; S. Seok; M. Fryziel; N. Rolland; M. Lahti; P. Rantakari; T. Vaha-Heikkila

doi:10.1109/EuMIC.2015.7345136

An RF-MEMS based SP4T switched LNA MMIC used in a 24 GHz beam-steering antenna module

R. Malmqvist, A. Gustafsson, W. Simon, M.A. Campo, L. Baggen, B. Grandchamp, S. Seok, M. Fryziel, N. Rolland, M. Lahti, P. Rantakari, T. Vaha-Heikkila

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Abstract

This paper presents an RF-MEMS SP4T switched LNA MMIC used in a 24 GHz beam-steering antenna module. The SP4T LNA has a measured gain of 10-16 dB at 16-30 GHz (NF=2.6-3.0 dB at 16-26 GHz) with up to 37 dB of isolation at 24 GHz when one of the four MEMS switches are closed while the other switches are open. To the authors' knowledge, this work represents a first-time realisation of a MEMS SP4T LNA MMIC used as an on-chip active beam-switching network in an adaptive antenna. The experimental results successfully demonstrate that the MEMS SP4T LNA can be used to control the antenna beam in 4 different directions between -55^o and 45^o in the same plane.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	10th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	329-332
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-8748-7040-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2015.7345136
Publication status	Published - 3 Dec 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	10th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2015 - Paris, France Duration: 7 Sep 2015 → 8 Sep 2015 Conference number: 10

Conference

Conference	10th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference, EuMIC 2015
Abbreviated title	EuMIC 2015
Country	France
City	Paris
Period	7/09/15 → 8/09/15

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Keywords

antenna beam-steering
low noise amplifiers
MMIC
radio frequency micro-electromechanical systems
switches

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Malmqvist, R., Gustafsson, A., Simon, W., Campo, M. A., Baggen, L., Grandchamp, B., Seok, S., Fryziel, M., Rolland, N., Lahti, M., Rantakari, P., & Vaha-Heikkila, T. (2015). An RF-MEMS based SP4T switched LNA MMIC used in a 24 GHz beam-steering antenna module. In 10th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) (pp. 329-332). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers . https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMIC.2015.7345136

Malmqvist, R. ; Gustafsson, A. ; Simon, W. ; Campo, M.A. ; Baggen, L. ; Grandchamp, B. ; Seok, S. ; Fryziel, M. ; Rolland, N. ; Lahti, M. ; Rantakari, P. ; Vaha-Heikkila, T. / An RF-MEMS based SP4T switched LNA MMIC used in a 24 GHz beam-steering antenna module. 10th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers , 2015. pp. 329-332

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