Printed Antennas

9 Reconfigurable Printed Antennas

Dr. Deepak Gangwar

Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, New Delhi

Dr. Sachin Kumar

Kyungpook National University, Korea

Dr. Surendra Kumar Gupta

Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Delhi

Ghanshyam Singh

Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering andTechnology, Raebareli

Ankit Sharma

Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida

Contents

9.1     Introduction

9.2     Different Approaches for Attaining Reconfigurability

9.2.1     Electrical Method-Based Reconfigurable Antennas

9.2.1.1     RF-MEMS-Based Reconfigurable Antennas

9.2.1.2     PIN Diode-Based Reconfigurable Antennas

9.2.1.3     Varactor Diode-Based Reconfigurable Antennas

9.2.2     Optical Methods/Photoconductive Switches

9.2.3     Physically/Mechanically ...