• DocumentCode
    1621937
  • Title

    Investigating the effects of control lines on a frequency reconfigurable patch antenna

  • Author

    Yadav, A.M. ; Panagamuwa, C.J. ; Seager, R.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    605
  • Lastpage
    608
  • Abstract
    The objective of the paper is to investigate the effects of metallic control lines on a frequency reconfigurable patch antenna. The designed antenna resonates at 3 different frequencies in range of 3-4GHz. Simulation and measurement results of return loss with and without control lines are presented. We have also discussed the challenges of implementing the bias lines.
  • Keywords
    electronic switching systems; microstrip antennas; bias lines; frequency reconfigurable patch antenna; metallic control lines; return loss; Antenna measurements; Microwave antennas; Optical switches; PIN photodiodes; Patch antennas; PIN Diode; Reconfigurable antennas; bias lines; electronic switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2010 Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7304-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666900
  • Filename
    5666900