Effective Reconfigurable Antenna Designs to Enhance Performance and Enable Wireless Powering

Authors

Shishir S. Punjala, Florida International UniversityFollow

Document Type

Dissertation

Major/Program

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Niki Pissinou

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Kia Makki

Third Advisor's Name

Syed Ahmed

Fourth Advisor's Name

Deng Pan

Fifth Advisor's Name

Kang Yen

Date of Defense

11-12-2009

Abstract

With the increase in traffic on the internet, there is a greater demand for wireless mobile and ubiquitous applications. These applications need antennas that are not only broadband, but can also work in different frequency spectrums. Even though there is a greater demand for such applications, it is still imperative to conserve power. Thus, there is a need to design multi-broadband antennas that do not use a lot of power. Reconfigurable antennas can work in different frequency spectrums as well as conserve power. The current designs of reconfigurable antennas work only in one band. There is a need to design reconfigurable antennas that work in different frequency spectrums. In this current era of high power consumption there is also a greater demand for wireless powering. This dissertation explores ideal designs of reconfigurable antennas that can improve performance and enable wireless powering. This dissertation also presents lab results of the multi-broadband reconfigurable antenna that was created. A detailed mathematical analyses, as well as extensive simulation results are also presented. The novel reconfigurable antenna designs can be extended to Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) environments and military applications.

Identifier

FI09120829

Recommended Citation

Punjala, Shishir S., "Effective Reconfigurable Antenna Designs to Enhance Performance and Enable Wireless Powering" (2009). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 108.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/108