Analysis of techniques to minimise the interference effects of metallic control lines on reconfigurable microstrip antennas

Author

Yadav, A.M. ; Panagamuwa, C.J. ; Seager, R.D.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Res. Group (WiCR), Loughborough Univ. Loughborough, Loughborough, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

14-15 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

An analysis of techniques used to minimise the adverse effects of metallic control lines on reconfigurable antenna performance is presented in this paper. The paper addresses the impact of control lines and possible ways to incorporate them into radiating structures with minimal effects on the radiation characteristics of reconfigurable antennas. This is aided by a study performed on a simple reconfigurable printed dipole antenna operating between 1 and 3 GHz. Parametric studies were performed on the length and location of control lines printed on the substrate. Simulation results for different control line configurations are presented and discussed.

Keywords

dipole antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; radiofrequency interference; control line configuration; frequency 1 GHz to 3 GHz; interference effect; metallic control line; radiating structure; radiation characteristics; reconfigurable microstrip antenna; reconfigurable printed dipole antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Control systems; Copper; Dipole antennas; PIN photodiodes; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2011 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1014-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1015-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2011.6114076

Filename

6114076