Research Article
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 |
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The calculations were performed at the TX power condition of 10 dBm.
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