Power Handling of Varactor Diode-Based Frequency Agile Antennas

Blosser, Clayton G.; Sigmarsson, Hjalti H.; Ruyle, Jessica E.

doi:10.1109/ap-s/usnc-ursi47032.2022.9886314

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“…Previous work on the reconfigurable antenna that addressed this issue while considering the nonlinear effects of these active devices include the work proposed in [19][20][21]. Analysis of the nonlinearity of frequency reconfigurable antenna was proposed in [22].…”

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Investigation of the nonlinearity of PIN diode on frequency reconfigurable patch antenna

Musa,

Shah,

Majid

et al. 2023

The Journal of Engineering

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In this work, the nonlinearity of PIN diode on frequency reconfigurable patch antenna is investigated. To perform frequency reconfiguration, the proposed design makes use of the switching capabilities of a PIN diode. The antenna has a dimension of 41 × 44 mm2 corresponding to 0.33 λ0 × 0.35 λ0, where λ0 represents the wavelength in free space at 2.4 GHz fabricated on Rogers Duroid RO3003TM material. In the OFF state of the PIN diode, a single resonance (ISM 5.8 GHz) is achieved. However, in the ON state of the PIN diode, a dual‐resonance (ISM 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz) is achieved. A directional and bidirectional radiation pattern can be observed in the E‐plane at 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively, and omnidirectional radiation patterns can be viewed in the H‐plane for both 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz. The gain is measured to be 4.84 dBi at 2.4 GHz and 5.87 dBi at 5.8 GHz, with total efficiencies of 91.8% and 92.5% at 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz, respectively. Two‐tone nonlinear measurements at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz are used to evaluate the PIN diode. Several third‐order intermodulation distortion products (IMD3) frequencies are observed with input powers between 0 and 20 dBm. The IMD3 at 2.4 GHz is −36.18 dBm, while at 5.8 GHz is −47.19 dBm and the third‐order input intercept point (IIP3) of +66.65 dBm is obtained at 2.4 GHz, while +22.69 dBm at 5.8 GHz. Additionally, at 2.4 GHz, the 1‐dB gain compression (P1‐dB) could not be identified, showing that the antenna behaves linearly within the spectrum of input power. Similarly, the P1‐dB is detected at 14.8 dBm input power at 5.8 GHz. The proposed antenna works in the linear region up to an input power level of 15 dBm, where the received signal strength of the IMD3 is minimal, according to the measurement of the nonlinearity caused by the PIN diode. The nonlinearity results confirm that the active reconfigurable antenna designed and implemented in this work is suitable for use in the 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands for indoor and short‐range communication applications. Furthermore, the assessment of nonlinearity provides a deeper understanding of and helps mitigate the negative effects of nonlinearity on the proposed antenna. This measurement assists in refining biasing, selecting suitable linearization methods, improving the design, and evaluating performance at the system level. Ultimately, it enhances antenna performance and expands frequency reconfigurability by enabling optimization across multiple aspects.

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Investigation of the nonlinearity of PIN diode on frequency reconfigurable patch antenna

Musa,

Shah,

Majid

et al. 2023

The Journal of Engineering

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Continuously Beam-Steered Phased Array Antenna Using GaN Varactors for Millimeter-Wave Applications

Hamdoun,

Medjdoub,

Himdi

et al. 2024

Electronics

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A continuously steerable beam patch antenna array employing a classical phase shifter based on GaN HEMTs is presented. Here, the GaN HEMTs are used as varactor diodes to achieve the tunability purpose. By controlling the DC bias of these varactors from −2 V to 2 V, the proposed array antenna can provide continuous beam steering from 0° to +25° in the azimuth plane at 41.20 GHz, while achieving a low side-lobe level and good impedance matching performances. Using GaN HEMTs as varactors to achieve beam steering capability has never been tried before to the best of our knowledge. The measurement results agree well with the simulation results and validate the effectiveness of the proposed beam steering based on GaN technology. This proposed phased array antenna will find numerous applications within future wireless communications systems, especially for millimeter-wave applications.

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Power Handling of Varactor Diode-Based Frequency Agile Antennas

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Investigation of the nonlinearity of PIN diode on frequency reconfigurable patch antenna

Investigation of the nonlinearity of PIN diode on frequency reconfigurable patch antenna

Continuously Beam-Steered Phased Array Antenna Using GaN Varactors for Millimeter-Wave Applications

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