• DocumentCode
    139467
  • Title

    Intermodulation in active reconfigurable antennas

  • Author

    Goncalves, Ricardo ; Carvalho, Nuno Borges ; Pinho, Pedro

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Telecomun. Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    2-4 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Due to the application of active components into antennas these became a source of distortion on wireless communication systems. In this paper we explore the nonlinear effects occurring in a frequency reconfigurable antenna operating with a PIN Diode. We describe the measurement setup used to check the antenna intermodulation products and the measured compression and third order intermodulation limitations of a frequency reconfigurable antenna, operating at the UMTS and WLAN frequencies.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; active antennas; intermodulation distortion; microwave antennas; p-i-n diodes; PIN diode; UMTS frequency; WLAN frequency; active components; active frequency reconfigurable antenna; antenna intermodulation products; nonlinear effects; third order intermodulation limitations; wireless communication systems; Antenna accessories; Antenna measurements; Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; PIN photodiodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits (INMMiC), 2014 International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Leuven
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INMMIC.2014.6815109
  • Filename
    6815109