DocumentCode :
1532258
Title :
Reconfigurable Sensing Antenna: A Slotted Patch Design With Temperature Sensation
Author :
Yang, Fei ; Qiao, Qiquan ; Virtanen, Janne ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Ukkonen, Leena ; Sydanheimo, Lauri
Author_Institution :
Electrical Engineering Department, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA
Volume :
11
fYear :
2012
fDate :
7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
632
Lastpage :
635
Abstract :
A reconfigurable sensing antenna (RSA) concept is presented in this letter, where a physical sensor is integrated into a reconfigurable antenna as the control unit. The basic structure and operation principle of the RSA are described in details. To illustrate this RSA concept, a slotted patch antenna with temperature sensation is designed, fabricated, and tested. In this design, distilled water is integrated into the antenna substrate as the sensing material because its permittivity changes with temperature. Thus, the antenna frequency is reconfigured according to the environmental temperature. The measurement results demonstrate an effective sensing range from 17 
to 70 . Due to the passive and low-cost features, the proposed RSA has a promising potential in wireless sensing network applications.
Keywords :
Patch antennas; Reconfigurable architectures; Resonant frequency; Temperature sensors; Patch antenna; reconfigurable antennas; reconfigurable sensing antennas (RSAs); wireless sensor;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1536-1225
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2012.2202871
Filename :
6212305
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