Reconfigurable and tunable metamaterials: a review of the theory and applications

JP Turpin, JA Bossard, KL Morgan… - … Journal of Antennas …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Metamaterials are being applied to the development and construction of many new devices
throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Limitations posed by the metamaterial operational …

Recent advances in MEMS metasurfaces and their applications on tunable lens

S He, H Yang, Y Jiang, W Deng, W Zhu - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
The electromagnetic (EM) properties of metasurfaces depend on both structural design and
material properties. microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology offers an approach …

Wafer-level heterogeneous integration for MOEMS, MEMS, and NEMS

M Lapisa, G Stemme, F Niklaus - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wafer-level heterogeneous integration technologies for microoptoelectromechanical
systems (MOEMS), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanoelectromechanical …

Design and fabrication of MEMS reflectors for THz reflect-arrays

L Schmitt, X Liu, A Czylwik… - 2021 Fourth International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and fabrication of MEMS reflectors intended to be part of a
mechanical terahertz (THz) beam steering reflect-array. Each reflector is shifted by a …

Analog-type millimeter-wave phase shifters based on MEMS tunable high-impedance surface and dielectric rod waveguide

D Chicherin, M Sterner, D Lioubtchenko… - International Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Millimeter-wave phase shifters are important components for a wide scope of applications.
An analog-type phase shifter for W-band has been designed, analyzed, fabricated, and …

Low-cost uncooled microbolometers for thermal imaging

N Roxhed, F Niklaus, AC Fischer… - Optical sensing and …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cost efficient integration technologies and materials for manufacturing of uncooled infrared
bolometer focal plane arrays (FPA) are presented. The technology platform enables …

Reconfigurable Unit cell Design Using MEMS Actuator for Beam Steering Applications

J Tayebpour, RR Mansour - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a reconfigurable reflective unit cell utilizing micro electro-mechanical
system (MEMS) actuator at Ku band for use in reconfigurable reflective arrays. The proposed …

Microwave MEMS devices designed for process robustness and operational reliability

M Sterner, N Somjit, U Shah, S Dudorov… - International Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
This paper presents an overview on novel microwave micro-electromechanical systems
(MEMS) device concepts developed in our research group during the last 5 years, which are …

Method and system for dynamic control of output power of a leaky wave antenna

A Rofougaran, M Rofougaran - US Patent 9,329,261, 2016 - Google Patents
5,300,875 5,363,075 5,387,885 5,717,943 5,900,843 5,912,598 6,005,520 6,037,743
6,127,799 6,212,431 6,285,325 6,597,323 6,603,915 6,735,630 6,771,935 6,841.981 …

Method and system for configuring a leaky wave antenna utilizing micro-electro mechanical systems

A Rofougaran - US Patent 9,088,075, 2015 - Google Patents
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Oblon, Maier & Neustadt, LLP (57) ABSTRACT Methods and
systems for configuring a leaky wave antenna (LWA) utilizing micro-electromechanical …