DocumentCode
2364257
Title
Planar reconfigurable antennas
Author
Christodoulou, Christos G. ; Feldner, L.F. ; Zachou, V. ; Anagnostou, D.
Author_Institution
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
fYear
2006
fDate
6-10 Nov. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
In this paper it is shown that planar reconfigurable antennas can cover a wide range of designs such as fractal antennas, triangular antennas, monopole, dipoles, log-periodic etc. Some of these designs can also be used to yield tunable electrically small antennas for miniature wireless device applications. In all cases RF MEMS switches are used to achieve reconfigurability and multi-functionality. Some of the challenges that the designer has to face in biasing and integrating switches with the antenna are presented and discussed.
Keywords
microswitches; microwave switches; planar antennas; RF MEMS switches; dipole antennas; fractal antennas; log-periodic antennas; miniature wireless device applications; monopole antennas; planar reconfigurable antennas; triangular antennas; tunable electrically small antennas; Adaptive arrays; Antenna accessories; Arm; Dipole antennas; Diversity reception; Fractal antennas; Frequency; Radar antennas; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
Conference_Location
Nice
Print_ISBN
978-92-9092-937-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4585043
Filename
4585043
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