An origami inspired reconfigurable spiral antenna
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 38th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference |
| Publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME |
| Volume | 5B |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791846377 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014 - Buffalo, United States Duration: 17 Aug 2014 → 20 Aug 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Buffalo |
| Period | 17/08/14 → 20/08/14 |
Abstract
Modern day systems often require reconfigurability in the operating parameters of the transmit and receive antennas, such as the resonant frequency, radiation pattern, impedance, or polarization. In this work a novel approach to antenna reconfigurability is presented by integrating antennas with the ancient art of origami. The proposed antenna consists of an inkjet printed center-fed spiral antenna, which is designed to resonate at 1.0GHz and have a reconfigurable radiation pattern while maintaining the 1.0GHz resonance with little variation in input impedance. When flat, the antenna is a planar spiral exhibiting a bidirectional radiation pattern. By a telescoping action, the antenna can be reconfigured into a conical spiral with a directional pattern and higher gain, which gives the antenna a large front-to-back ratio. Construction of the antenna in this manner allows for a simple, lightweight, transportable antenna that can expand to specifications in the field.