DocumentCode
53088
Title
Reconfigurable Slot Antenna for Switchable Multiband Operation in a Wide Frequency Range
Author
Pazin, Lev ; Leviatan, Yehuda
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion??Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel
Volume
12
fYear
2013
fDate
2013
Firstpage
329
Lastpage
332
Abstract
A reconfigurable antenna with switchable multiband functionalities is presented. The antenna operates one at a time at five adjacent frequency subbands in the upper ultrawideband (UWB) frequency band of 6.0–10.6 GHz. The switching from one subband to another is done electronically by means of five PIN diode switches. The antenna also has a nearly omnidirectional radiation pattern, with vertical polarization at each of its frequency subbands. Simulated and measured results are compared and are shown to be in good agreement.
Keywords
Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; PIN photodiodes; Resonant frequency; Slot antennas; Switches; Multiband antennas; PIN diode switches; reconfigurable antennas; slot antennas; switchable antennas;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1225
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LAWP.2013.2246855
Filename
6461052
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