A Novel Reconfigurable Impedance Matching Network Using Tunable MEMS Capacitive and Inductive Components

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作者：

Fall, Elhadji Mansour ^{[1
]}

Domingue, Frederic ^{[1
]}

Fouladi, Siamak ^{[2
]}

Mansour, Raafat R. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Quebec Trois Rivieres, Lab Microsyst & Telecommun, Trois Rivieres, PQ, Canada

[2] Univ Waterloo, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Waterloo, ON, Canada

来源：

2011 6TH EUROPEAN MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONFERENCE | 2011年

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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A novel reconfigurable impedance matching network suitable for tunable RF front-ends is presented. The network is based on a transmission line loaded with 8 dual state MEMS capacitive and inductive devices and achieves 256 different impedance states. The application of both the capacitive and inductive elements results in a more uniformly distribution of the impedance states on the Smith chart compared to the conventional DMTL matching networks. The fabricated network on alumina substrate is compact (4.0 x 1.9 mm2) and demonstrates good performance in terms of impedance coverage for a frequency band from 8 GHz up to 14 GHz with a low insertion loss.

引用

页码：664 / 667

页数：4

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