A compact frequency reconfigurable antenna applied to WLAN/WiMAX

Author

Zhang, Xinghui ; Shen, Dongya ; Li, Lan ; Liu, Huiyun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Yunnan Univ., Kunming, China

fYear

2011

fDate

17-18 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A frequency reconfigurable antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications is proposed. Frequency reconfigurable can be achieved by the transform of two PIN diodes switch on the ground slot. The proposed frequency reconfigurable antenna operates in WLAN 2.4 GHz band (2400-2484MHz) and WIMAX 2.5 GHz (2500-2690MHz). When both diodes were disconnected, and operates in WLAN 5.2 GHz (5150-5350MHz) and WIMAX 3.5GHz (3400-3690 MHz)/ 5.5 GHz (5250-5850 MHz) when both diodes were closed. PIN switches on or off can affect antenna´s feeding structure, which can solve matching problem caused by change of antenna radiation body structure. In this way, the proposed antenna has good reconfigurable characteristic and high radiation gain.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; microwave diodes; p-i-n diodes; PΓN diodes; PΓN switches; WLAN-WiMax; antenna feeding structure; antenna radiation; compact frequency reconfigurable antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 2.5 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; frequency 5.2 GHz; frequency 5.5 GHz; ground slot; Antenna radiation patterns; Current distribution; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; PIN photodiodes; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Congress (GMC), 2011 Global

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0346-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GMC.2011.6103923

Filename

6103923