A reconfigurable H-shape antenna for wireless applications

H F AbuTarboush; R Nilavalan; K M Nasr; H S Al-Raweshidy; D Budimir; IEEE

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A reconfigurable H-shape antenna for wireless applications

H F AbuTarboush, R Nilavalan, K M Nasr, H S Al-Raweshidy, D Budimir and IEEE

Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, pp.1-4

04/2010

Abstract

Capacitance

Coplanar waveguides

CPW

Diodes

Frequency

Global Positioning System

H-Shape

Microstrip antennas

Mobile antennas

Multiband Antenna

Patch antennas

Reconfigurable Antenna

Tri-band

Tunable Antenna

Varactors

Wireless LAN

This paper presents a novel H-Shaped reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna fed by a Grounded Coplanar Waveguide (GCPW) for wireless applications. The uniqueness in the presented antenna design relies in the ability to select the number of operating frequencies electronically by using a varactor diode. The antenna structure consists of coplanar waveguide (CPW) input with an H-shape printed on a PCB and a varactor diode for reconfigurability. By electronically varying the value of the diode capacitance, the antenna can operate in a single band mode to cover Global Position System (GPS), a dual band mode to cover GPS and Global System for Mobile communications (GSM1900) or a three-band mode to cover GPS, GSM1900 and Bluetooth or Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN).

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Title: A reconfigurable H-shape antenna for wireless applications
Creators - without role: H F AbuTarboush - Brunel University London
R Nilavalan - Brunel University London
K M Nasr - Wireless Commun. Technol., Nat. Phys. Lab. (NPL), Teddington, UK
H S Al-Raweshidy - Brunel University London
D Budimir - University of London
IEEE
Publication Details: Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, pp.1-4
Publisher: IEEE
Identifiers: 9929723308331
Academic Unit: Taibah University
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding