Abstract
During the last years, RF Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System switches
(MEMS) have experienced a tremendous progress in terms of technology
development and RF-applications. Such circuits successfully demonstrate
nowadays such outstanding properties that they could become key building
blocks of next generation RF-communication and sensor systems. The merging of
RF-MEMS switches and MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) is the
next logical and economical step in MMIC development [1-12]. The European FP7
project MEMS-4-MMIC (STREP) aims at the physical merging of two different
technologies: innovative RF-MEMS switch technology on one side and proven MMIC
technology on the other side thus realising highly integrated MMIC components
for applications such as reconfigurable wireless systems, phased arrays for
mobile satellite platforms and radar, multimedia WLAN systems, and cognitive
radio, for example. Such future agile RF-frontends will be able to more
efficiently use the (available) RFspectrum.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC |
| Place of Publication | Noordwijk |
| Publisher | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Pages | 321-327 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop - ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Duration: 18 May 2009 → 20 May 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| City | Noordwijk |
| Period | 18/05/09 → 20/05/09 |
Keywords
- MEMS
- RF MEMS
- MMIC
- antenna
- antenna array