A small-sized reconfigurable antenna for ultra-wideband, 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

5-8 Nov. 2009

Abstract

In this paper, a novel printed-circuit-board (PCB) antenna that employs electronic reconfigurability is presented. The antenna is based on a 1.6 mm-thick FR4-epoxy substrate with dimensions 1 cm Ã— 2.5 cm, 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 four different switching conditions. The impedance bandwidth, gain, efficiency and radiation pattern results are included in the paper. It is shown that the antenna is suitable for ultra-wideband (UWB), C-band and X-band operation.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; finite element analysis; method of moments; microstrip antennas; MoM; c-band operation; electronic reconflgurability; finite-element method; impedance bandwidth; method of moments; microstrip-line fed antenna; printed-circuit-board antenna; radiation pattern; small-sized reconfigurable antenna; ultra-wideband; ultrawideband; x-band operation; Antenna accessories; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Finite element methods; Microstrip antennas; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Switches; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2009. ELECO 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bursa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5106-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-9944-89-818-8

Type

conf

Filename

5355303