Title :
A novel reconfigurable multiband patch antenna
Author :
Agrawal, Rahul ; Awadhwal, Girish ; Meshram, M.K. ; Singh, S.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi, India
Abstract :
This paper presents the simulation study of novel frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna that uses switched connections. The antenna structure comprises a center patch antenna known as driven patch and six adjacent microstrip patches defined as sub-patches. The reconfiguration ability of the antenna is obtained by inserting small switches from sub-patches to main patch. Different switch configurations were investigated and different functionalities of the antenna were obtained. The antenna has many practical applications (in C band), like in wireless LAN, WiMAX and many other systems. The antenna application area is changed according to which set of switches is activated.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna; reconfigurable multiband patch antenna; switched connections; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency; HFSS; MEMS; Microstrip antennas; reconfigurable architectures;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), 2012 IEEE Students' Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bhopal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1516-6
DOI :
10.1109/SCEECS.2012.6184840
