Title :
A reconfigurable artificial magnetic conductor adopting a digitally tuned capacitor
Author :
Hasanain, Alaa ; Ford, Kenneth L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract :
Simulations of a tunable artificial magnetic conductor employing digitally tunable capacitors is presented. The tuning devices are used due to the low parasitic loss and linearity properties. The surface is modeled with a wideband monopole to illustrate the potential for tunable, low profile antenna systems.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; broadband antennas; capacitors; monopole antennas; tuning; digitally tuned capacitor; low parasitic loss; reconfigurable artificial magnetic conductor; wideband monopole; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Surface impedance; Varactors; Wideband; high impedance surface; reconfigurable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902169
