Title :
A Star Shaped Reconfigurable Patch Antenna
Author :
Costantine, J. ; Tawk, Y. ; Christodoulou, Christos G. ; Barbin, S.B.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
This paper presents a star shaped reconfigurable microstrip antenna which exhibits frequency tuning and radiation pattern alteration for different configurations. Switches are suggested to reconfigure the antenna. The antenna is fabricated and measured and simulated results are compared. This antenna can be used in several practical applications according to each configuration. The antenna is then graph modeled and its structure is shown to be not redundant.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; graph theory; microstrip antennas; switches; frequency tuning; graph model; microstrip antenna; radiation pattern alteration; star shaped reconfigurable patch antenna; Antenna accessories; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Microwave antennas; Patch antennas; Switches; Graph model; Microstrip antenna; Mutli-Band Antenna; Reconfigurable Antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Integrity and High-Speed Interconnects, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
Conference_Location :
Guadalajara
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2742-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2743-7
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS.2009.4814917
