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PIER PIER B PIER C PIER M PIER Letters
2006-05-20
Design of an Active Integrated Antenna for a Pcmcia Card
By
Filiberto Bilotti,

    Dr. Filiberto Bilotti

    Department of Applied Electronics

    University of Roma Tre

    Italy

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Fabio Urbani,

    Dr. Fabio Urbani

    Engineering Department

    University of Texas at Brownsville

    USA

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Lucio Vegni

    Prof. Lucio Vegni

    Department of Applied Electronics

    University of Roma Tre

    Italy

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 61, 253-270, 2006
doi:10.2528/PIER06012002
Abstract
This paper presents the design and implementation of an Active Integrated Antenna (AIA) using a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) for applications in the Industrial Scientific Medical band (2.4 ÷ 2.4835 GHz). Surface Mounting Device (SMD) technology has been applied in the realization of the passive and active components, and low cost FR-4 dielectric slabs have been employed for the integration of the antenna and the active/transmissive circuits, residing, respectively, on the opposite faces of a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) card. The proposed layout makes use of a properly corrugated ground plane, i.e., a High Impedance Ground Plane (HIGP), to improve the antenna performances and to minimize the coupling between the radiating component and other possible radiating elements and/or electronic circuits residing nearby. The analysis and the design of the radiating element with the HIGP are based on a rigorous full wave Method of Moment (MoM) formulation developed in the Spectral Domain (SD), while the design of the active circuitry is developed through the commercial tool AWR Microwave Office. The final design of the component is obtained hybridizing the two methods and applying a Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization tool in order to take advantage of the HIGP, while keeping the geometrical dimensions of the antenna suitable for mounting on a PCMCIA card, and maintaining the antenna performances acceptable. The measured results show the performances of the VCO, an antenna gain of 19.4 dBi and an increased front-to-back radiation ratio compared to the one of the same antenna mounted on a standard Perfect Electric Ground Plane (PEGP). This result, thus, demonstrates the minimization of the interferences between the designed antenna and other possible radiating and transmissive devices residing nearby.
Citation
Filiberto Bilotti, Fabio Urbani, and Lucio Vegni, "Design of an Active Integrated Antenna for a Pcmcia Card," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 61, 253-270, 2006.
doi:10.2528/PIER06012002
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