Title :
Magnetically Tunable Ferrite Loaded SIW Antenna
Author :
Li-Rong Tan ; Rui-Xin Wu ; Cong-Yi Wang ; Yin Poo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
A novel tunable substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) antenna is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. With loaded ferrite slabs, the operation frequency of the antenna can be tuned by means of a magnetic biasing field. The proposed design is verified by simulations and experiments. The measurement results show that the tunable frequency range is more than 10.5% and antenna gain is more than 5.0 dBi within the frequency tuning range.
Keywords :
substrate integrated waveguides; waveguide antennas; antenna gain; frequency tuning range; loaded ferrite slabs; magnetic biasing field; magnetically tunable ferrite loaded SIW antenna; operation frequency; tunable frequency range; tunable substrate integrated waveguide antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Ferrites; Frequency measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance; Ferrite; SIW antenna; magnetically tunable antenna; reconfigurable antenna; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2013.2248113
