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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.12.1327

A Reconfigurable Antenna for Alternative Operation between Disk-Loaded Dipole and Folded Dipole  

Park, Seul-Gi (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Jeong, Geun-Seok (Electronic Warfare R&D Center, LIG Nexl Co. Ltd.)
Choo, Ho-Sung (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Oh, Yi-Sok (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable antenna which operates as a disk-loaded dipole antenna and a folded dipole antenna alternatively using RF on/off switches. The antenna can change its effective length to achieve dual-band operation; operates as the folded dipole antenna for stepping up the radiation resistance in low frequency band of $20{\sim}300$ MHz, and as the disk-loaded dipole antenna for an omni-directional radiation pattern (horizontal plane) and a donut-shaped radiation pattern (vertical plane) in high frequency band of $300{\sim}1.3$ GHz. In the low band, the proposed antenna shows higher gain than a conventional dipole antenna with a reduced antenna size. In the high band, the antenna maintains a broad beamwidth of about $80^{\circ}$, thus the antenna can be applicable to antennas for direction finding applications.
Keywords
Reconfigurable Antenna; PIN Diode; Direction Finding Antenna; DisK-Loaded Dipole; Folded Dipole;
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