UWB antenna with dynamically reconfigurable notch band using rectenna and active booster
Date
2019Author
Quddious, AbdulAbbasi, Muhammad Ali Babar
Tahir, Farooq A.
Antoniades, Marco A.
Vryonides, Photos
Nikolaou, Symeon
ISSN
1751-8733Source
IET Microwaves, Antennas &Propagation
Volume
13Issue
12Pages
2046-2052Google Scholar check
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In this study, an ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with a dynamically reconfigurable notch band, along with the associated RF-triggered power management unit (PMU) that enables the dynamic reconfigurability, are presented. The UWB monopole antenna has a rectangular slot which hosts a J-shaped stub, electrically connected with the radiator using one PIN diode switch. When the diode is OFF, the monopole antenna has a UWB characteristic, while when it is turned ON a frequency notch is created at 5.6 GHz. The diode is fed from a PMU that consists of a rectenna and a DC-to-DC active booster. When the rectenna that consists of a patch antenna and a rectifier receives a −11 dBm or higher 5.6 GHz signal, it rectifies the RF signal into a sufficiently high DC voltage. The rectified DC voltage is applied to the cascaded DC-to-DC booster as enabling signal, and the booster provides at its output terminal sufficient DC power to actuate the PIN diode and thus dynamically reconfigure the UWB antenna. The dynamically reconfigurable notch band is created immediately in response to the reception of an external, −11 dBm RF signal at 5.6 GHz, and it disappears in real time immediately after the external RF signal is removed.