Title :
Study of electronically tunable circular patch antenna
Author :
Kumar, Harish ; Upadhayay, Madhur Deo ; Kanth, Rajeev ; Lisjeberg, Lasi
Author_Institution :
Bhagwant Inst. of Technol., Muzaffarnagar, India
Abstract :
In this paper, An electronically tuned circular patch antenna with good radiation pattern is proposed and studies. patch antenna has been designed with predicted obtainable tuning range. Electronic tunablity is achieved by connecting Varactor diodes thus altering the capacitance of the patch and hence resonant frequency. Although this antenna has a low bandwidth, electronic tuning allow a large band to covered with maintaining the same narrow band operational characteristics. RT-Duroid 5880 substrate (ϵr = 2.3) with thickness of 0.8 mm used in this design. Proposed antenna performance is evaluated by compairing results.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; tuning; varactors; RT-Duroid 5880 substrate; electronically-tunable circular patch antenna; narrowband operational characteristics; patch capacitance; radiation pattern; resonant frequency; size 0.8 mm; varactor diodes; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency; Varactors; Circular patch; Electronically Tunable antenna; Varactor tuned;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication in Modern Satellite Cable and Broadcasting Services (TELSIKS), 2011 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nis
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2018-5
DOI :
10.1109/TELSKS.2011.6143171