A reconfigurable PCB antenna for WiMAX, C-band and X-band operation

Author

Ramadan, Ali ; Al-Husseini, Mohammed ; Kabalan, Karim Y. ; El-Hajj, Ali

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2009

fDate

15-17 July 2009

Firstpage

200

Lastpage

202

Abstract

In this paper, a novel printed-circuit-board (PCB) antenna that employs electronic tunability is presented. The antenna is based on a 10 mm times 25 mm times 1.6 mm FR4-epoxy substrate, is microstrip-line fed and has a partial ground plane. The proposed antenna is designed and simulated using the Finite-Element Method (FEM) and the Method of Moments (MoM) for two different switching conditions. The impedance bandwidth, gain, efficiency and radiation patterns of the antenna are demonstrated. It is shown that the antenna is suitable for WiMAX, C-band and X-band operation.

Keywords

WiMax; finite element analysis; method of moments; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; WiMAX; finite-element method; method of moments; microstrip-line fed; partial ground plane; reconfigurable PCB antenna; Antenna accessories; Bandwidth; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Finite element methods; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Switches; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, 2009. ACTEA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zouk Mosbeh

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3833-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3834-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACTEA.2009.5227840

Filename

5227840