Wide and multi-band reconfigurable Vivaldi antenna with slot-line feed

• Main Authors: Chagharvand, S., Hamid, M. R., Kamarudin, M. R., Kelly, J. R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer New York LLC 2017
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75684/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84982291530&doi=10.1007%2fs11235-016-0213-z&partnerID=40&md5=f141559dc163f83bcfe750ca67e111b4
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper presents a Vivaldi antenna. The antenna incorporates a slot-line feed, and is designed to operate in a wideband mode, along with four narrowband modes. The wideband mode extends from 1 to 3 GHz. A series of PIN diode switches is employed to reconfigure between the five different operating...