Title :
Modelling PIN diode switches in reconfigurable leaky-wave antenna design
Author :
Thalakotuna, D.N.P. ; Karmokar, Debabrata K. ; Esselle, Karu P. ; Heimlich, Michael ; Matekovits, Ladislau
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
The effect of PIN diodes on the performance of a reconfigurable leaky-wave antenna (LWA) is studied. The PIN diode is modelled in three different ways. It is shown that the non-ideal behaviour of the PIN diodes changes the predicted return loss and radiation characteristics of the antenna compared to ideal switches.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; leaky wave antennas; p-i-n diodes; LWA; PIN diode switches; radiation characteristics; reconfigurable leaky-wave antenna design; return loss; Integrated circuit modeling; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip; PIN photodiodes; Scattering parameters; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711192
