Design and Analysis of a Silicon-Based Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Employing an Active Element Pattern Method

作者：Han, Ke; Deng, Zhongliang; Guo, Xubing^*

来源：Micromachines, 2017, 8(1): 11.

DOI：10.3390/mi8010011

• silicon-based
• RF MEMS pattern reconfigurable antenna
• Ka-band
• RF MEMS switch
• active element pattern method

In this paper, a silicon-based radio frequency micro-electromechanical systems (RF MEMS) pattern reconfigurable antenna for a Ka-band application was designed, analyzed, fabricated, and measured. The proposed antenna can steer the beam among three radiating patterns (with main lobe directions of -20 degrees, 0 degrees, and +20 degrees approximately) at 35 GHz by switching RF MEMS operating modes. The antenna has a low profile with a small size of 3.7 mm x 4.4 mm x 0.4 mm, and consists of one driven patch, four parasitic patches, two assistant patches, and two RF MEMS switches. The active element pattern method integrated with signal flow diagram was employed to analyze the performances of the proposed antenna. Comparing the measured results with analytical and simulated ones, good agreements are obtained.

• 出版日期2017-1
• 单位北京邮电大学