Title :
A frequency reconfigurable rotatable microstrip antenna design
Author :
Tawk, Y. ; Costantine, J. ; Christodoulou, C.G.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a new frequency reconfigurable antenna design. The reconfigurability is achieved via a rotational motion of a part of the antenna patch. The rotating part has the form of a circle and contains four different shapes. Each shape corresponds to a different antenna structure. With every rotation, a different antenna structure is fed in order to produce a different set of resonant frequencies. A prototype antenna was fabricated and tested to prove the suggested method. A complete agreement was found between the simulated and the measured data.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; antenna patch; antenna structure; frequency reconfigurable rotatable microstrip antenna; prototype antenna; reconfigurability; resonant frequencies; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antennas; Radio frequency; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4967-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2010.5561272
