Research Article
Analysis of RF Front-End Performance of Reconfigurable Antennas with RF Switches in the Far Field
Table 1
Comparison of the measured efficiency and peak gain of the reconfigurable antennas.
| | Quantity | Unit | Monopole antenna | Slot antenna | | Reference | MEMS | Diode I | Diode II | Reference | MEMS | Diode I | Diode II |
| | Peak antenna’s gain | dBi | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | | Antenna’s efficiency | % | 97.3 | 88.7 | 70.3 | 62.5 | 90.2 | 76.5 | 46.1 | 47.5 |
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