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A dual-band reconfigurable Yagi–Uda antenna with diverse radiation patterns

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In this paper, a dual-band pattern reconfigurable antenna is proposed. The antenna comprises of a dual-band complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) loaded dipole as the driven element and two copper strips with varying lengths as parasitic segments on both sides of the driven dipole. PIN diodes are used with the parasitic elements to control their electrical length. The CSRRs loading provide a lower order mode in addition to the reference dipole mode, while the parasitic elements along with the PIN diodes are capable of switching the omni-directional radiation of the dual-band driven element to nine different configurations of radiation patterns which include bi-directional end-fire, broadside, and uni-directional end-fire in both the operating bands. A prototype of the designed antenna together with the PIN diodes and DC bias lines is fabricated to validate the concept of dual-band radiation pattern diversity. The simulation and measurement results are in good agreement. The proposed antenna can be used in wireless access points for PCS and WLAN applications.

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    Kushmanda Saurav, Debdeep Sarkar & Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava

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Saurav, K., Sarkar, D. & Srivastava, K.V. A dual-band reconfigurable Yagi–Uda antenna with diverse radiation patterns. Appl. Phys. A 123, 483 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1087-y

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