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A Frequency-Selective Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Applications in the S and C Bands
Alexandros Sakkas1, Vasilis Oikonomou1, Giorgos Mystridis1
1Electronics-Telecommunications and Applications Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
Abstract:
This paper presents a compact multifrequency reconfigurable patch antenna in terms of design and fabrication for operating in the S and C bands of the RF spectrum, which are overwhelmed by wireless applications. Reconfiguration is achieved by using a single PIN diode on the ground plane. By varying the voltage applied to the diode, three modes can emerge, exhibiting main resonant frequencies at 2.07, 4.63, and 6.22 GHz. Resonance switching requires a voltage of less than 0.9 V. The antenna fabricated on an FR-4 substrate, with a volume of 70 × 60 × 1.5 mm3, has a radiating patch element of a rectangular ring shape. The proposed low-cost antenna is easily implemented in a typical university lab-based environment. The total bandwidth for the three modes is close to 1 GHz, while the voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of the fabricated version of the antenna does not exceed 1.02, and the return loss is well below -40 dB for the three primary resonant frequencies.
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