NASA NTRS · 20140010642
Low Profile Tunable Dipole Antenna Using BST Varactors for Biomedical Applications
Abstract
In this paper a 2.4 GHz low profile (lambda/47) tunable dipole antenna is evaluated in the presence of a human core model (HCM) body phantom. The antenna uses a frequency selective surface (FSS) with interdigital barium strontium titanate (BST) varactor-tuned unit cells and its performance is compared to a similar low profile antenna that uses an FSS with semiconductor varactor diodes. The measured data of the antenna demonstrate tunability from 2.2 GHz to 2.55 GHz in free space and impedance match improvement in the presence of a HCM at different distances. This antenna has smaller size, lower cost and less weight compared to the semiconductor varactor diode counterpart.
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Cure, David, Weller, Thomas M., Miranda, Felix A., Price, Tony. 2013-07-07. Low Profile Tunable Dipole Antenna Using BST Varactors for Biomedical Applications. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140010642
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