Title :
Analyzing capacitor-based reconfigurable antennas using graph models
Author :
Costantine, J. ; Christodoulou, C.G. ; Abdallah, C.T. ; Barbin, S.E.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses reconfigurable antennas using variable capacitors or varactors to achieve reconfiguration. We propose graph models as tools to understand reconfigurable antenna topologies and their configurations. Guidelines are set to model this type of reconfigurable antennas using graphs and examples are studied to investigate their optimal performance.
Keywords :
antenna theory; varactors; graph models; reconfigurable antenna topologies; variable capacitors; variable varactors; Antenna arrays; Capacitance; Capacitors; Guidelines; Joining processes; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Topology; Varactors; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427468
