Investigation of reconfigurability of dual-band microstrip patch antenna by utilizing MEMS switch

Author

Yulindon ; Misran, Norbahiah ; Bais, Badariah ; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

fYear

2009

fDate

26-27 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

114

Abstract

On the recent years the microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology has many application on various fields of live - including on wireless communication, especially antenna design. The implementation of reconfigurability will have some advantages to the antenna by means of the switch. The reconfigurability of microstrip patch antenna utilizing the MEMS switches has been investigated. The antenna has operating frequency of 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz. By utilizing 3 switches, the antenna achieves the return loss -18.37 dB and -16.67 dB for each frequency.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; microswitches; MEMS switches; antenna design; dual-band microstrip patch antenna reconfigurability; microelectromechanical system technology; operating frequency; return loss; wireless communication; Communication switching; Dual band; Frequency; Microelectromechanical systems; Micromechanical devices; Microstrip antennas; Microswitches; Patch antennas; Switches; Wireless communication; MEMS switches; dual-band; reconfigurability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Space Science and Communication, 2009. IconSpace 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Negeri Sembilan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4956-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4956-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONSPACE.2009.5352657

Filename

5352657