[HTML][HTML] Microwave liquid crystal enabling technology for electronically steerable antennas in SATCOM and 5G millimeter-wave systems

R Jakoby, A Gaebler, C Weickhmann - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Future satellite platforms and 5G millimeter wave systems require Electronically Steerable
Antennas (ESAs), which can be enabled by Microwave Liquid Crystal (MLC) technology …

Microwave liquid crystal technology

H Maune, M Jost, R Reese, E Polat, M Nickel, R Jakoby - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tunable Liquid Crystal (LC)-based microwave components are of increasing interest in
academia and industry. Based on these components, numerous applications can be …

Liquid crystal-based enclosed coplanar waveguide phase shifter for 54–66 GHz applications

J Li, D Chu - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
A 0–10 V bias voltage-driven liquid crystal (LC) based 0°–180° continuously variable phase
shifter was designed, fabricated, and measured with insertion loss less than− 4 dB across …

Review of radio frequency microelectromechanical systems technology

S Lucyszyn - IEE Proceedings-Science, Measurement and …, 2004 - IET
A review of radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) technology, from
the perspective of its enabling technologies (eg fabrication, RF micromachined components …

Distributed 2-and 3-bit W-band MEMS phase shifters on glass substrates

JJ Hung, L Dussopt, GM Rebeiz - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents state-of-the-art RF microelectromechanical (MEMS) phase shifters at 75-
110 GHz based on the distributed microelectromechanical transmission-line (DMTL) …

A 60-GHz 2-bit switched-line phase shifter using SP4T RF-MEMS switches

S Gong, H Shen, NS Barker - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a V-band 2-bit switched-line phase shifter using dc-contact single-pole
four-throw (SP4T) RF microelectromechanical systems (RF-MEMS) switches for 60-GHz …

Highly miniaturized continuously tunable phase shifter based on liquid crystal and defected ground structures

D Wang, E Polat, H Tesmer, R Jakoby… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a highly miniaturized continuously tunable microstrip line phase shifter
from 10 to 67 GHz. The design takes the advantage of the microstrip line topology by a …

Paradigm phase shift: RF MEMS phase shifters: An overview

A Chakraborty, B Gupta - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have been familiar in the field of microelectronics
and device technology since 1965, when Harvey C. Nathanson invented the first MEMS …

Compact and broadband millimeter-wave electrically tunable phase shifter combining slow-wave effect with liquid crystal technology

AL Franc, OH Karabey, G Rehder… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on a CMOS slow-wave coplanar-waveguide transmission-line topology, a novel
compact millimeter-wave phase shifter is presented. The tunability is accomplished by using …

A monolithic phased array using 3-bit distributed RF MEMS phase shifters

K Topalli, ÖA Civi, S Demir, S Koc… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel electronically scanning phased-array antenna with 128
switches monolithically implemented using RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) …