Analysis of RF Front-End Performance of Reconfigurable Antennas with RF Switches in the Far Field

Table 2

Comparison of the calculated and the measured receiving power.

Quantity	Unit	Monopole antenna				Slot antenna
		Reference	MEMS	Diode I	Diode II	Reference	MEMS	Diode I	Diode II
Calculated RX power	dBm	−34.5	−34.7	−35.4	−35.8	−29.9	−31.3	−31.7	−32.1
Measured RX power	dBm	−35.2	−35.6	−36.8	−37.5	−30.3	−32.1	−33.0	−33.3
Difference	dB	0.7	0.9	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.3	1.2

∗The calculations were performed at the TX power condition of 10 dBm.