Abstract
This paper presents the concept of using a harmonic trap to design a wideband reconfigurable antenna. The reconfigurable antennas can be used to select one of a number of operating frequency bands If these bands cover a very wide frequency range, theft one of the higher-frequency bands can be a harmonic of a lower band. When the antenna operates at the lower band, it can have a good match at the high frequency. This paper proposes a technique for designing a widebond reconfigurable printed dipole antenna so as to select only one of the operating frequency bands by using a harmonic trap. The antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured It is shown that by using switches and harmonic traps, a reconfigurable printed dipole antenna can be designed over a frequency range of 3:1. The antenna is thus suitable for frequency, switching fit the FCC ultra-wideband allocation. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 927-929 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2006 |
Keywords
- reconfigurable antenna
- printed dipole
- wideband
- harmonic trap