Title :
A compact reconfigurable and miniaturized patch antenna
Author :
Muhammad U. Khan;Rifaqat Hussain;Mohammad S. Sharawi
Author_Institution :
Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261 Saudi Arabia
fDate :
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A compact frequency reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna is presented. The miniaturization in the antenna size is achieved by annular slot loading while the frequency reconfigurability is realized by using a varactor diode across the slot in the ground plane. The frequency agile design can be utilized to cover several well known frequency bands and provides smooth frequency reconfigurability between 2 GHz to 2.3 GHz. The proposed antenna is designed on a single substrate board of dimensions 50×50×0.8 mm3.
Keywords :
"Varactors","Antenna measurements","Resonant frequency","Loading","Loaded antennas","Microstrip antennas"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/APCAP.2015.7374305
