Enabling Technology for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Systems on Mobile Military Platforms: Antennas, Switches, and Packaging

Abstract

This project has addressed a number of critical and practical challenges facing the direct integration of RF MEMS switches with reconfigurable antennas. Current designs have been adjusted to account for limitations presented by fabrication techniques available at Georgia Tech. Other antenna designs that require no vias in the layers where the RF MEMS switches reside continue to be developed. We have also demonstrated the real system-level benefits of antenna pattern reconfigurability in MIMO systems through our publications and with collaborations with members of industry (e.g., Intel Corporation).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2011
Accession Number
ADA544844

Entities

People

  • Jennifer T. Bernhard

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Couplings
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Phased Arrays
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Simulations
  • Students
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.