A brief review of frequency, radiation pattern, polarization, and compound reconfigurable antennas for 5G applications

M Kamran Shereen, MI Khattak… - Journal of Computational …, 2019 - Springer
All antennas in which frequency and radiation patterns can be modified in a reversible and
controlled manner are known as reconfigurable antennas. They are different from other …

Design and simulation of a novel electro-thermally actuated lateral RF MEMS latching switch for low power applications

E Pirmoradi, H Mirzajani, H Badri Ghavifekr - Microsystem technologies, 2015 - Springer
A new lateral electro-thermally actuated latching RF MEMS switch is presented in this paper.
In contrast to conventional electrostatic or electro-thermal MEMS switches which require an …

Power efficient, low loss and ultra-high isolation RF MEMS switch dedicated for antenna switch applications

H Mirzajani, AK Ilkhechi, P Zolfaghari… - Microelectronics …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a new ultra-high isolation RF MEMS latching switch with ultra-low power
consumption dedicated to antenna switch applications in multiband and multi-standard …

A novel SPDT rotary RF MEMS switch for low loss and power efficient signal routing

A Kashani Ilkhechi, H Mirzajani… - IETE Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a new low loss with port-to-port high isolation electro-thermally actuated single-
pole double-throw (SPDT) radio frequency microelectromechanical systems switch with a …

A novel electrostatically actuated spdt rotary RF MEMS switch for ultra-broadband applications

AK Ilkhechi, H Mirzajani, EN Aghdam… - 2015 23rd Iranian …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The objective of the paper is to design a single-pole double-throw (SPDT) radio frequency
microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS) switch for ultra-broadband applications. The …

Enhancement of mechanical resonant modes by miniaturization of frequency tunable MEMS-enabled microstrip patch antenna

H Mirzajani, H Badri Ghavifekr, E Najafi Aghdam… - Microsystem …, 2015 - Springer
Any mechanically suspended structure is subject to unwelcomed environmentally induced
mechanical vibrations. The designer needs to use a design strategy in order to those …

AC electrothermal actuation mechanism for on-chip mixing of high ionic strength fluids

M Ghandchi, RH Vafaie - Microsystem Technologies, 2017 - Springer
The ability to maintain a relative low temperature rise, portability and also achieve fast
mixing process is major advantage for high ionic strength processing, where high …

A Ka-Band Silicon-Based Antenna-in-Package Design Using Characteristic Mode Analysis for Bandwidth Enhancement

Y Zhao, L Liang, Y Hu, Y Xiao, H Sun - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the emergence of 5G and satellite communication applications, where millimeter-wave
(mm-wave) active phased arrays play an important role, the demand for a highly integrated …

RF MEMS switches enabled H-shaped beam reconfigurable antenna

WM Abdulkawi, AFA Sheta… - The Applied …, 2019 - journals.riverpublishers.com
This work presents a novel RF MEMS-based pattern reconfigurable antenna capable of
steering beam in three different directions. The proposed H-shaped microstrip antenna is …

Frequency agile MEMS patch antenna for reconfigurable RF front-ends

H Mirzajani, A Pourmand, EN Aghdam… - 2014 22nd Iranian …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new micromachined electro-thermally driven more mechanically stable compact frequency
tunable microstrip patch antenna is demonstrated in this paper. The antenna structure …