A line source of sixteen 5-bit MEMS phase shifters was used for beam scan of a novel X-band CTS (Continuous Transverse Stubs) antenna over +/-45 degrees in the H-plane. The 5-bit phase shifter has 1 dB loss on average over 6 -10 GHz. The building block of these phase shifters is a cantilevered MEMS switch developed by HRL Laboratories.
-RF MEMS switches with metal-metal contacts are being developed for microwave applications where broadband, high linearity performance is required. These switches provide less than 0.2 dB insertion loss through 40 GHz. This paper describes the integration of these switches into selected microwave components such as reconfigurable antenna elements, tunable filters, switched delay lines, and SPDT switches. Microwave and millimeter wave measured results from these circuits are presented.
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