• DocumentCode
    1448846
  • Title

    An Electrically Small Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna With a Wide Tuning Range

  • Author

    Yu, Yufeng ; Xiong, Jiang ; Li, Hui ; He, Sailing

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • Volume
    10
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    106
  • Abstract
    An electrically small frequency-reconfigurable antenna with a very wide tuning band is proposed. Three varactor diodes are used to achieve the tunable capacitance. With a modifled feeding structure, the measured tuning range of the fabricated antenna reaches from 457.5 to 894.5 MHz, and the tuning band enhancement is also explained through an equivalent circuit analysis.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; antenna feeds; capacitance; equivalent circuits; tuning; varactors; electrically small frequency reconfigurable antenna fabrication; equivalent circuit analysis; feeding structure; frequency 457.5 MHz to 894.5 MHz; tunable capacitance; tuning band enhancement; varactor diode; wide tuning range; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Capacitance; Couplings; Impedance matching; Tuning; Varactors; Capacitive load; electrically small antennas (ESAs); inductive feed; loop antennas; reconfigurable antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1225
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAWP.2011.2113390
  • Filename
    5712155