Low-Q Antennas Miniaturized with Adaptive Tuning for small-platform applications

Conventional antenna designs for small platforms have been focused on using high-Q antennas, resulting in narrow bandwidth easily detuned. An approach using low-Q antennas miniaturized by using Real-time Adaptive Tuning (RTAT) is proposed. This new approach has been applied to the development of an Adaptive Miniaturized Ultrawideband Antenna (AMUA). Preliminary results are promising.