A dual ultra-wide band frequency reconfigurable antenna with a low bandwidth of overlap

Author

Gholamrezaei, Mohsen ; Geran, Fatemeh ; Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Sci. & Res. Branch Islamic Azad Univ., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1884

Lastpage

1888

Abstract

A novel compact Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna (FRA) is presented for wireless network purposes. Using four p-i-n diodes employed across a moderately wide slot etched in a 32×35 mm² ground plane, two measured independent (each one at one time) ultra-wide bandwidths (3.48-5.5 GHz and 5.18-7.35 GHz with S₁₁<;-10 dB) are achieved for the first time with a measured 300 MHz bandwidth of overlap (%15 of ultra-wide bandwidths). Moreover, by appropriate switching six dualband modes with independent control of each band can be provided. Independent variation ranges are from 2.63 to 3 GHz for f₁ and from 4.9 to 5.5 GHz for f₂.

Keywords

UHF antennas; multifrequency antennas; p-i-n diodes; radio networks; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; bandwidth 3.48 GHz to 5.5 GHz; bandwidth 300 MHz; bandwidth 5.18 GHz to 7.35 GHz; compact frequency reconfigurable antenna; dual band modes; dual ultrawide band frequency reconfigurable antenna; frequency 2.63 GHz to 3 GHz; independent variation; p-i-n diodes; wireless network; Bandwidth; Dual band; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Wireless communication; dual Ultra-Wide Band (UWB); independently-controlled frequency bands; moderately wide slot antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902165

Filename

6902165