Title :
A compact spiral loaded planar dipole antenna with frequency reconfiguration
Author :
Sharma, Satish K. ; Kulkarni, Anup N. ; Thyagarajan, Mukund R. ; Shanmugam, Balamurugan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A compact planar dipole antenna is achieved by spiral loading and meandering the dipole arms Next, for this spiral loaded dipole (SLD) antenna, frequency configurability is investigated using ideal copper ribbon switches. The frequencies of interests are 750MHz, 1800MHz and 2400MHz. is the prototype antenna with these ideal switches was fabricated and experimental verification was performed and some of which are included in this paper.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; dipole antennas; microwave switches; planar antennas; spiral antennas; SLD antenna; compact spiral loaded planar dipole antenna; copper ribbon switches; dipole arm meandering; frequency 2400 MHz; frequency 750 MHz; frequency 800 MHz; frequency reconfiguration; spiral loading; Antenna measurements; Copper; Dipole antennas; Loaded antennas; Loading; Resonant frequency; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348461
