Title :
Frequency reconfigurable microstrip monopole disc antenna
Author :
Abou Al-alaa, M. ; Elsadek, Hala A. ; Abdallah, E.A. ; Hashish, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Microstrip Dept., Electron. Res. Inst. (ERI), Dokki, Egypt
Abstract :
A design of frequency reconfigurable printed monopole antenna is presented in this paper. The antenna consists of disc patch fed using a microstrip line. Two RF PIN diodes are inserted in proper locations for frequency reconfigurability. Three switching cases are considered. The first case (all switches OFF) results in a single-band operation at 3.52 - 5.28 GHz with impedance bandwidth of 40%. The second case (one switch ON) results in shifting the band to 3.4 - 4.9 GHz with impedance bandwidth of 36.14%, whereas the third case (all switches ON) offers a dual-band operation, at 1.81 - 1.92 GHz and 4.56 - 5.3 GHz. The advantage of the proposed antenna is that two dual-band operations or one wideband operation can be achieved using the same dimensions. The antenna covers several wireless communication applications as LTE, Wi-Max, WLAN, etc. The antenna is analysed using CST Microwave Studio, fabricated and measured. Measurements and simulations show good agreement.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; microwave diodes; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; p-i-n diodes; CST Microwave Studio; LTE; RF PIN diodes; WLAN; Wi-Max; disc patch fed; dual-band operations; frequency 1.81 GHz to 1.92 GHz; frequency 3.4 GHz to 5.3 GHz; frequency reconfigurable microstrip monopole disc antenna; frequency reconfigurable printed monopole antenna design; microstrip line; wireless communication; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; PIN photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6710832
