paper 150303021141

Published: 2015-07-09

Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Using Non-uniform Serpentine Flexure Based RF-MEMS Switches

Navneet Gupta,

Navneet Gupta

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India

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Ashish Kumar Sharma

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, India

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Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9，Page(s)2840-2843

Abstract

This paper presents the design and analysis of reconfigurable antenna using two circular microstrip patch antenna array with non-uniform RF-MEMS switches in L and S band. It consists of a pair of circular patch antenna with CPW on the same side of Si substrate. This reconfigurable antenna design consists of two RF-MEMS switches, to achieve pattern reconfigura- bility. Two RF-MEMS switches are used to electrically connect and disconnect the two circular radiating patches. The analysis of reconfigurable antenna using RF-MEMS switch is done using the simulation performed on Ansys HFSS electromagnetic simulator for the frequency range of 1 to 10 GHz. The reconfigurability of the antenna is analyzed for L to S band (2 to 4 GHz) in terms of return loss and radiation pattern. The proposed antenna shows the pattern reconfigurability at 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz.

Citation

Navneet Gupta, and Ashish Kumar Sharma, "Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Using Non-uniform Serpentine Flexure Based RF-MEMS Switches," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9，Page(s)2840-2843

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