Title :
Electronically tunable magnetic patch antennas with metal magnetic films
Author :
Sun, N.X. ; Wang, J.W. ; Daigle, A. ; Pettiford, C. ; Mosallaei, H. ; Vittoria, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., MA
Abstract :
AS new type of electronically tunable magnetic patch antennas with metal magnetic films was designed, fabricated, and tested at 2.1 GHz. The magnetic patch antennas showed an enhanced bandwidth of 50% over the non-magnetic patch antennas, a significantly enhanced directivity, and a large tunability of the radiation intensity of 4.23 dB at a low applied magnetic field of ~20 Oe
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; magnetic thin films; microstrip antennas; 2.1 GHz; electronically tunable magnetic patch antennas; metal magnetic films; nonmagnetic patch antennas; radiation intensity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20070560
