Design and Optimization of Reconfigurable Inset-Fed Microstrip Patch Antennas with High Gain for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Phan, Duy-Thach ; Chung, Gwiy-Sang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

13-17 July 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a tunable microstrip patch antenna designed using RF MEMS switches is reported. The design and simulation antenna were performed using high frequency structure simulator (HFSS). The antenna was designed in ISM band and operates simultaneously at 2.4 Ghz and 5.7 Ghz with a -10 dB return-loss bandwidth of 20 Mhz and 180 Mhz, respect- tively. To obtain high efficiency and improve integrated ability, the high resistivity silicon (HRS) wafer was used for the antenna. The antenna achieved high gain with 8 dB at 5.7 Ghz and 1.5 dB at 2.4 Ghz. The RF MEMS DC contact switches was simulated and analysis by ANSYS software.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; microswitches; wireless sensor networks; ANSYS software; ISM band; RF MEMS switches; bandwidth 180 MHz; bandwidth 20 MHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5.7 GHz; gain 1.5 dB; gain 8 dB; high frequency structure simulator; high resistivity silicon wafer; reconfigurable inset-fed microstrip patch antennas; wireless sensor networks; Bandwidth; Conductivity; Design optimization; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Silicon; Switches; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing and Communication Technologies, 2009. RIVF '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Da Nang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4566-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4568-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RIVF.2009.5174635

Filename

5174635