A planar electronically Reconfigurable wi-fi band antenna based on a parasitic microstrip structure

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 623-626

  Donelli, Massimo ^a   Azaro, Renzo ^a   Fimognari, Luca ^a   Massa, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parasitic antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; Wi Fi; Wireless networks

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; DESIRED SIGNAL; INTERFERING SIGNALS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROSTRIP ELEMENT; MICROSTRIP STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; PARASITIC ANTENNAS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; RECONFIGURABLE MICROSTRIP ANTENNA; WIRELESS RESOURCES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); WI-FI; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67650761724     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.913274     Document Type: Article

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