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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieek.2013.50.9.012

Zeroth-Order Resonant Antenna with Frequency Reconfigurable Radiating Structures  

Lee, Hongmin (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.50, no.9, 2013 , pp. 12-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a co-planar waveguide(CPW) fed zeroth-order resonant(ZOR) antenna with frequency reconfigurable radiating structures is fabricated and measured. The unit cell of proposed antenna consists of a series metal-insulator-metal(MIM) capacitor and two shunt line inductors which are shorted through the via. The proposed antenna is designed based on a composite right/left-handed(CRLH) transmission line with two unit cells and it has open ended structure in order to radiate electromagnetic energy mainly on the shunt arm. In order to reduce the antenna size and to exhibit a frequency reconfigurable ability using diode switches four straight strips bent by 90 degrees are used as shunt inductors. The total size of fabricated antenna is $0.22{\lambda}_0{\times}0.16{\lambda}_0$ at zeroth-order resonant(ZOR) frequency. The measured maximum gain and bandwidth (VSWR ${\leq}2$) are 3.1 dBi and 56MHz at ZOR frequency of 2.97 GHz, respectively. This type of antenna can be applied to a frequency reconfigurable antenna system with triple bands.
Keywords
co-planar waveguide(CPW); Composite right/left-handed(CRLH); reconfigurable; zeroth-order resonant(ZOR) antenna;
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