Tunable microstrip devices
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1. A method of tuning a microstrip device, comprising:
- configuring a first conductive strip on a planar surface and over a conducting ground plane, the first conducting strip being formed of separated conducting segments arranged in a physical series on the planar surface and a second conductive strip located on the planar surface and over the conducting ground plane, a dielectric substrate being between the ground plate and the conducting strips;
providing a first set of micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switches;
wherein the conducting strips are configured in a parallel arrangement and separated by a gap;
wherein part of one edge of the first conducting strip faces and is adjacent to part of one edge of the second conducting strip; and
wherein each adjacent pair of the separated conducting segments are electrically connectable via a corresponding one of the MEMS switches; and
tuning a parameter of the device by electrically connecting at least a first of the separated conducting segments of the first group to the first end of the first conductive strip using a first of the MEMS switches of the first set.
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Abstract
Tunable microstrip devices formed by capacitively coupled conductive strips are disclosed. Device parameters can be tuned by adjusting corresponding lengths of a resonator and a coupling section of the device by connecting one or more auxiliary segments to the conductive strips.
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1. A method of tuning a microstrip device, comprising:
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configuring a first conductive strip on a planar surface and over a conducting ground plane, the first conducting strip being formed of separated conducting segments arranged in a physical series on the planar surface and a second conductive strip located on the planar surface and over the conducting ground plane, a dielectric substrate being between the ground plate and the conducting strips; providing a first set of micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switches; wherein the conducting strips are configured in a parallel arrangement and separated by a gap; wherein part of one edge of the first conducting strip faces and is adjacent to part of one edge of the second conducting strip; and wherein each adjacent pair of the separated conducting segments are electrically connectable via a corresponding one of the MEMS switches; and tuning a parameter of the device by electrically connecting at least a first of the separated conducting segments of the first group to the first end of the first conductive strip using a first of the MEMS switches of the first set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A tunable microstrip device, comprising:
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a conducting ground plane; a planar dielectric substrate having a planar surface; a first conducting strip located on the planar surface and over the conducting ground plane, the first conducting strip being formed of a first group of separated conducting segments arranged in a physical series on the planar surface; a second conducting strip located on the planar surface and over the conducting ground plane, the dielectric substrate being between the ground plate and the conducting strips; and a first set of MEMS switches; and wherein the conducting strips are configured in a parallel arrangement and separated by a gap; wherein part of one edge of the first conducting strip faces and is adjacent to part of one edge of the second conducting strip; and wherein each adjacent pair of the separated conducting segments are electrically connectable via a corresponding one of the MEMS switches. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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