Research Article
Design and Development of Parasitic Elements Loaded Quadband Frequency and Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna
Table 1
Proposed work vs. existing frequency and pattern reconfigurable antennas.
| | Ref. no. | Dimension () (mm3) | No. of switches/means of switching | Maximum number of beams | No. of frequency bands | Peak gain (dBi) |
| | [1] | | 5/PIN | 2 | 2 | 2.7/2.6 | | [16] | | 4/PIN | 3 | 4 | 4/3.8/4.4/5 | | [18] | | 4/PIN | 3 | 2 | 2.45/2.76 | | [20] | | 12/PIN | 5 | 5 | 1.25/2.80/2.90/3.64/4.67 | | [23] | | 4/PIN | 3 | 2 | 6.214/8.461 | | [24] | | 2/PIN | 2 | 2 | 4.9/5.5 | | [25] | | 8/PIN | 2 | 2 | — | | [26] | | 3/RF MEMS | 2 | 4 | — | | [27] | | -/PIN | 3 | 2 | 8-9 dB/6-10.31 dB | | [28] | | 18/NMOS transistors | 8 | 2 | 3.8/8.3 | | [29] | — | 8/PIN | 4 | 2 | 5.63/5.55 | | This work | | 5/PIN | 3 | 4 | 2.43/2.42/3.5/3.29 |
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