RF MEMS and GaAs based reconfigurable RF front-end components for wide-band multi-functional phased arrays

R. Malmqvist; A. Gustafsson; T. Nilsson; C. Samuelsson; B. Carlegrim; I. Ferrer; Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä; A. Ouacha; R. Erickson

doi:10.1109/EURAD.2006.280339

RF MEMS and GaAs based reconfigurable RF front-end components for wide-band multi-functional phased arrays

R. Malmqvist, A. Gustafsson, T. Nilsson, C. Samuelsson, B. Carlegrim, I. Ferrer, Tauno Vähä-Heikkilä, A. Ouacha, R. Erickson

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We study possibilities of implementing flexible and programmable components for the RF front-ends of wideband multi-functional phased arrays using GaAs MMIC and RF MEMS technologies. The use of MEMS reconfigurable matching networks in tunable bandpass LNAs is proposed to achieve wider tuning ranges (e.g. 6.5-9.9 GHz is obtained according to simulations) and adequate performance of such LNAs. We further demonstrate the potential for monolithic integration with active devices by showing how variable MEMS capacitors may be realized in a GaAs foundry process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd European Radar Conference
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	319-322
ISBN (Print)	2-9600551-7-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EURAD.2006.280339
Publication status	Published - 2006
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	3rd European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2006 - Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Sept 2006 → 15 Sept 2006 Conference number: 3

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Conference	3rd European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2006
Abbreviated title	EuRAD 2006
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Manchester
Period	13/09/06 → 15/09/06

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Malmqvist, R., Gustafsson, A., Nilsson, T., Samuelsson, C., Carlegrim, B., Ferrer, I., Vähä-Heikkilä, T., Ouacha, A., & Erickson, R. (2006). RF MEMS and GaAs based reconfigurable RF front-end components for wide-band multi-functional phased arrays. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Radar Conference (pp. 319-322). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/EURAD.2006.280339

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RF MEMS and GaAs based reconfigurable RF front-end components for wide-band multi-functional phased arrays. / Malmqvist, R.; Gustafsson, A.; Nilsson, T. et al.
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