| dc.contributor.author | Masiga, Marcie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-07T12:44:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-07T12:44:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-02-21 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Masiga, Marcie. (2022). Design and analysis of a radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna by exploiting RF MEMS switches. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University; Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/15520 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to the College of Engineering Design and Art in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering of Makerere University. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project proposes a novel method of reconfiguring the antenna’s radiation pattern by exploiting the new generation Radiofrequency Micro electro-mechanical switches (RF MEMS)
switches. A radiation pattern reconfigurable circular antenna suitable for Wireless Local Area
Network (WLAN) applications is designed to resonate at 5.35 GHz. Two different types of
RF MEMS i.e. SP1T and SP2T were used to achieve this pattern agility and the antenna
performance compared with different designs using PIN diodes actuators.
Antenna design and 3D modeling was done using ADS simulation software from Keysight
technologies. Simulation results show three antenna reconfigurable modes C, H, and F. The
proposed antenna shows a better performance in terms of bandwidth, peak gains, and small
size compared to some of the existing antenna designs in the literature. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Radiation pattern | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reconfigurable antenna | en_US |
| dc.subject | RF MEMS switches | en_US |
| dc.title | Design and analysis of a radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna by exploiting RF MEMS switches | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
