Title :
Reconfigurable Antennas for SDR and Cognitive Radio
Author :
Boyle, K.R. ; Steeneken, Peter G. ; Liu, Zhe ; Sun, Yue ; Simin, Alexander ; Huang, Tingwen ; Spits, E. ; Kuijken, O. ; Roedle, T. ; van Straten, F.
Author_Institution :
NXP Semicond., Redhill
Abstract :
Mobile phones will be required to operate in more frequency bands. This paper presents appropriate reconfigurable and adaptive antenna systems. Two approaches are explored based on utilising RF MEMS and on the co-design of the antenna(s) and RF front-end circuitry. Both approaches yield overall improvements in performance and/or size and are likely to be used in future SDRs and cognitive radios.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; cognitive radio; mobile handsets; software radio; RF MEMS; RF front-end circuitry; adaptive antenna system; cognitive radio; mobile phone; reconfigurable antenna; software defined radio; PIFA; Reconfigurable; antenna; cognitive;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
