Title :
Design and harmonic balance analysis of a wideband planar antenna having reconfigurable omnidirectional and directional patterns
Author :
Patron, Damiano ; Daryoush, Afshin S. ; Dandekar, Kapil R. ; Piazza, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we discuss a novel reconfigurable antenna equipped using PIN diodes and analyze the harmonic distortions that may be generated. The design herein described is for a novel planar antenna that can generate omnidirectional and directional radiation patterns by switching between microstrip elements. Based on the equivalent circuit model of the antenna, we have performed a harmonic balance circuit simulation to consider channel distortion due to employment of these reconfigurable antennas as part of a 2×2 MIMO system over broad bandwidth communication channel.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; directive antennas; equivalent circuits; microstrip antenna arrays; omnidirectional antennas; p-i-n diodes; planar antenna arrays; MIMO system; PIN diode; broad bandwidth communication channel; equivalent circuit model; harmonic balance analysis; harmonic balance circuit; harmonic distortion; microstrip element; reconfigurable antenna; reconfigurable omnidirectional pattern; wideband planar antenna; Capacitance; MIMO; Antennas and Arrays; Cognitive Radios; MIMO; Ultra-Wideband (UWB);
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2013 IEEE 14th Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5536-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5535-3
DOI :
10.1109/WAMICON.2013.6572770
