• DocumentCode
    2160267
  • Title

    Reconfigurable zero-order loop antenna

  • Author

    Facco, Mauro ; Piazza, Daniele

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padua, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-14 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this paper a compact reconfigurable planar antenna capable of exciting an omnidirectional radiation pattern as well as eight different directional radiation patterns is presented. The antenna exploits Composite Right Left Handed materials to achieve small form factor. Self-resonant parasitic elements are used to tune the direction of radiation of the antenna while preserving good impedance matching at 2.4 GHz for all configurations.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; impedance matching; loop antennas; omnidirectional antennas; planar antennas; antenna radiation direction; compact reconfigurable planar antenna; composite right-left-handed materials; directional radiation patterns; frequency 2.4 GHz; impedance matching; omnidirectional radiation pattern; reconfigurable zero-order loop antenna; self-resonant parasitic elements; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Impedance matching; Loading; Loss measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0461-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2012.6349277
  • Filename
    6349277