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access icon free Frequency reconfigurable patch antenna with bias tee for wireless LAN applications

  • Author(s): Hassan Tariq Chattha 1, 2 ; Noman Aftab 2 ; Muhammad Akram 2 ; Nathirulla Sheriff 1 ; Yi Huang 3 ; Qammer H. Abbasi 4
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  • Source: Volume 12, Issue 14, 28 November 2018, p. 2248 – 2254
    DOI:  10.1049/iet-map.2018.5526 , Print ISSN 1751-8725, Online ISSN 1751-8733
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received 11/04/2017, Accepted 17/07/2018, Revised 06/07/2018, Published 10/08/2018

A frequency reconfigurable printed microstrip-fed patch antenna is proposed here. The antenna consists of a microstrip feed connected to a circular radiating element divided into three patches which are connected through silicon PIN diodes used as switches for achieving reconfigurability as being cheap and easy to implement having high switching capabilities. The slots of different shapes are etched out in all the three patches to cover all used wireless local area network (WLAN) frequency bands, including 2.4, 3.6, 4.9, 5.1, and 5.9 GHz. A bias tee is designed and connected to provide a DC bias to the PIN diodes. A prototype of the reconfigurable antenna is fabricated and measured along with the bias tee. The measured and simulated results are found in good agreement.

Inspec keywords: antenna feeds; multifrequency antennas; microstrip antennas; elemental semiconductors; wireless LAN; antenna radiation patterns; p-i-n diodes

Other keywords: microstrip feed; bias tee; silicon PIN diodes; frequency 5.1 GHz; DC bias; frequency 4.9 GHz; frequency 3.6 GHz; wireless local area network frequency bands; frequency reconfigurable printed microstrip-fed patch antenna; wireless LAN applications; circular radiating element; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5.9 GHz

Subjects: Antenna accessories; Radio links and equipment; Single antennas; Junction and barrier diodes; Elemental semiconductors

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