A new reconfigurable multi band patch antenna

Author

Costantine, J. ; Christodoulou, C.G. ; Barbin, S.E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

78

Abstract

A new reconfigurable multi band microstrip antenna is presented in this paper. The patch has the shape of a 6 armed star printed on a hexagonal substrate. The reconfigurability of the antenna is obtained by inserting small switches on rectangular slots cut in the patch. Different switch configurations were investigated and different functionalities of the antenna were obtained. The antenna has many practical applications, like in GSM, wireless LAN, WIMAX and many other systems, as illustrated in detail herein. The antenna changes its application according to which switches are activated.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; slot antennas; switches; hexagonal substrate; multiband patch antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Polarization; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Shape; Slot antennas; Switches; Microstrip antennas; reconfigurable architectures; switches; wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404216

Filename

4404216