Article
A reconfigurable CPW bow-tie antenna using an integrated ferroelectric thin film varactor
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
A novel printed antenna with a frequency reconfigurable feed network is presented. The antenna consists of a bowtie structure patch radiating element in the inner space of an annulus that is on a nongrounded substrate with a ferroelectric (FE) Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) thin film. The bowtie patch is fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission line that also includes a CPW-based BST shunt varactor. Reconfiguration of the compact 8 mm × 8 mm system has been demonstrated by shifting the antenna system’s operating frequency 500 MHz in the 7–9 GHz band by applying a DC voltage bias.
Inclusive pages
1-6
ISBN/ISSN
1687-5869
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 K. C. Pan et al.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
K. C. Pan, Dustin Brown, Guru Subramanyam, R. Penno, et al.. "A reconfigurable CPW bow-tie antenna using an integrated ferroelectric thin film varactor" International Journal of Antennas and Propagation Vol. 2012 (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/guru_subramanyam/27/
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