A novel automatic control system for frequency reconfigurable PIFA antenna

Author

Trong Duc Nguyen ; Duroc, Yvan ; Van Yem Vu ; Tan Phu Vuong

Author_Institution

Lab. IMEP-LAHC, Grenoble INP-Minatec, Grenoble, France

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

396

Lastpage

400

Abstract

A novel control system for frequency reconfigurable planar invert F antenna (FRPIFA antenna) using microcontroller (MCU) is presented. The use of a MCU allows custom adjustment of the operation of PIN diode through the program and also allows an easy connection between Personal Computer (PC), Energy Detector (ED) and antenna. The MCU then processes the data obtained from those devices and produces feedback signals, based upon which system automatically corrects the antenna. Simulation and measurement results of antenna parameters validate the performance as well as the application of the developed antenna.

Keywords

control systems; microcontrollers; p-i-n diodes; planar inverted-F antennas; FRPIFA antenna; MCU; PIN diode; automatic control system; energy detector; feedback signals; frequency reconfigurable planar invert F antenna; microcontroller; personal computer; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Microcontrollers; PIN photodiodes; Programming; Antenna control system; Frequency RPIFA antenna; Microcontroller; PIN diode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459411