• DocumentCode
    1780850
  • Title

    Slot fed SPIN diode reconfigurable dielectric resonator antenna

  • Author

    Salman, S.M. ; Khamas, S.K. ; Cook, G.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    10-11 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    336
  • Lastpage
    339
  • Abstract
    Use of surface PIN (SPIN) diodes to reconfigure a slot fed dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is demonstrated. A single SPIN diode is placed in the centre of the feeding slot to facilitate the ON-OFF switching mechanism, modulating the gain by ~18dB.
  • Keywords
    dielectric resonator antennas; p-i-n diodes; DRA; on-off switching mechanism; slot fed SPIN diode reconfigurable dielectric resonator antenna; surface PIN diode; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric resonator antennas; Feeds; Microstrip antennas; Semiconductor diodes; Slot antennas; DRA; SPIN diode; reconfigurable antenna; slot antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996391
  • Filename
    6996391
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1780850