Title :
Intermodulation in active reconfigurable antennas
Author :
Goncalves, Ricardo ; Carvalho, Nuno Borges ; Pinho, Pedro
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun. Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits (INMMiC), 2014 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
DOI :
10.1109/INMMIC.2014.6815109
