Title :
Harmonic Radiation from Varactor-Loaded Microstrip Antennas
Author :
Kalialakis, C. ; Gardner, P. ; Hall, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Radiocommunications Lab, Department of Physics, School of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54006, Thessaloniki, Greece, e-mail: kalialakis@ieee.org
Abstract :
Novel results are presented for the radiated harmonics from varactor loaded microstrip antennas. Results are given for rectangular half wavelength and quarter wavelength microstrip antennas. The effect of the tuning range is also investigated.
Keywords :
Capacitance; Circuit optimization; Inductance; Microstrip antennas; Pins; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Resonant frequency; Tuning; Varactors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European
Conference_Location :
London, England
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2001.338983
