Title :
Electronically tunable monopole antenna
Author :
Sivalingam, Parameswaran ; Ooi, Sooliam
Author_Institution :
Motorola Technol. Sdn Bhd, Penang
Abstract :
In conclusion, wider operating bandwidths can be realized with 3lambda/8 monopole antenna elements and a switch-able capacitive load circuit. This paper recognizes that a single monopole antenna has a bandwidth limitation and provides an electronic method to address the limitation. Typical applications that can benefit from this proposed configuration are portable radio whip antennas, fixed and mobile radio antennas particularly at the VHF and UHF public safety bands.
Keywords :
monopole antennas; tuning; UHF public safety band; VHF public safety band; electronically tunable monopole antenna; mobile radio antenna; portable radio whip antenna; switchable capacitive load circuit; Antenna accessories; Bandwidth; Land mobile radio; Loaded antennas; Mobile antennas; Safety; Switching circuits; Tunable circuits and devices; UHF antennas; VHF circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4620065
