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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.8.866

A Frequency Tunable and Compact Metamaterial Peano Antenna  

Lee, Dong-Hyun (Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Jang, Kyung-Duk (Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
Park, Wee-Sang (Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
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Abstract
In this paper, we present a frequency tunable and compact antenna which consists of a first-order Peano curve, two shorting posts, and two inductors which are serially connected between the posts and the edge of the Peano curve. By properly choosing the inductance of two inductors, the operating frequency of the antenna can be controlled without sacrificing the fractional bandwidth. To give good demonstration of the operating mechanism, the equivalent circuit of this antenna is included. To validate the simulation results, we have fabricated the several antennas of being integrated with different inductors, and the measured results show a good agreement with the simulated ones. The measured results reveal that the operating frequency is shifted from 1.47 GHz to 0.586 GHz without the decrease of the input impedance bandwidth. In case of integrating two inductors of 91nH and 470nH, the electric size of the antenna is only $0.0246 {\lambda}{\times}0.0246{\lambda}{\times}0.0114{\lambda}$. The measured fractional bandwidth$(S_{11}{\leq}-10 dB)$ and the radiation efficiency of the antenna are 5.22% and 47.25%, respectively.
Keywords
Metamaterial; Peano Curve; Inductor; Frequency Tuanble Antenna; Compact Antenna;
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