A Frequency- and Pattern-Reconfigurable Center-Shorted Microstrip Antenna

A frequency- and pattern-reconfigurable antenna based on a center-shorted microstrip patch is presented. The novel design utilizes two resonance modes of a microstrip antenna with shorting vias at the patch center. To set up the antenna tuning mechanism, two groups of varactors with a measured tunin...

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Published in:IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters 2016, Vol.15, p.1955-1958
Main Authors: Nghia Nguyen-Trong, Hall, Leonard, Fumeaux, Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
Antenna radiation patterns
Bias
Electric potential
Frequency ranges
Frequency-reconfigurable antennas
Microstrip antennas
pattern-reconfigurable antennas
reconfigurable antennas
Reconfiguration
Resonance
Resonant frequency
Tuning
Varactors
Voltage
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Summary:A frequency- and pattern-reconfigurable antenna based on a center-shorted microstrip patch is presented. The novel design utilizes two resonance modes of a microstrip antenna with shorting vias at the patch center. To set up the antenna tuning mechanism, two groups of varactors with a measured tuning range of [0.149, 1.304] pF are placed at two opposite sides of the antenna, followed by open-circuited loading stubs. For a particular bias voltage configuration, the structure operates as a dual-band antenna with broadside radiation at the upper resonance frequency and monopole-like radiation at the lower band. By varying the dc bias voltage, both resonance frequencies can be changed simultaneously. Based on the proposed concept, a demonstration antenna has been designed so that the two types of aforementioned patterns can be reconfigured across a continuous fractional frequency range of more than 20%. Experimental results are provided, which validate the proposed concept and design procedure.
ISSN:1536-1225
1548-5757
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2016.2544943