TY - GEN
T1 - Bending properties of a flexible micro-electro-mechanical system array antenna
AU - Cong, Lin
AU - Xu, Lixin
AU - Han, Qi
AU - Dong, Tao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/29
Y1 - 2016/11/29
N2 - A flexible micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) array antenna is presented which is used in the space satellite communication system, and its bending properties are studied in order to maintain its radiation characteristics as its plane state after deployment from bending. The flexible MEMS array antenna on an LCP substrate is designed with a central frequency of 30 GHz, and its radiation characteristics are obtained with simulation. Moreover, the bending states of the array antenna in different curvatures are simulated, and the stress distribution and the strain distribution of the antenna are analyzed respectively. Simulation results indicate that the elastic bending curvature range of the flexible MEMS array antenna is between 0 and 0.0125, which satisfies the application requirements of antennas deployment from bending in the space satellite communication system.
AB - A flexible micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) array antenna is presented which is used in the space satellite communication system, and its bending properties are studied in order to maintain its radiation characteristics as its plane state after deployment from bending. The flexible MEMS array antenna on an LCP substrate is designed with a central frequency of 30 GHz, and its radiation characteristics are obtained with simulation. Moreover, the bending states of the array antenna in different curvatures are simulated, and the stress distribution and the strain distribution of the antenna are analyzed respectively. Simulation results indicate that the elastic bending curvature range of the flexible MEMS array antenna is between 0 and 0.0125, which satisfies the application requirements of antennas deployment from bending in the space satellite communication system.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMMT.2016.7762421
DO - 10.1109/ICMMT.2016.7762421
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85009830093
T3 - 9th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2016 - Proceedings
SP - 722
EP - 724
BT - 9th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2016 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2016
Y2 - 5 June 2016 through 8 June 2016
ER -