Title :
A cellular automata reconfigurable microstrip antenna design
Author :
Tawk, Y. ; Christodoulou, C.G.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a new approach for the design of a multi-band reconfigurable antenna. Different rotating slot configurations of the antenna are considered during the design in order to achieve a reconfigurable antenna without the use of active switches. The designed structures are based on cellular automata rules. Prototype antennas were fabricated and tested to prove the proposed method.
Keywords :
cellular automata; finite state machines; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; cellular automata reconfigurable microstrip antenna design; multi-band reconfigurable antenna; rotating slot configurations; Antenna feeds; Automata; Capacitors; Communication switching; Diodes; Microstrip antennas; Receiving antennas; Resonant frequency; Slot antennas; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5171548
