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Origami Inspired Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Communication Systems
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and experimental validation of
an origami-inspired reconfigurable antenna. The proposed antenna can operate as
a monopole or an inverted-L antenna, by changing its configuration. Doing so
changes its operational frequency, principal radiation mode, and directivity.
Measurements show that the antenna is able to change its resonance frequency
from 750 MHz to 920 MHz---equivalent to 22.6\% frequency shift. Simulations are
carried out to compare the radiation characteristics of the antenna (gain and
radiation pattern) in both configurations. The results validate that the
antenna has a reconfigurable bandwidth, which enables a better channel
characterization for RF systems.Comment: 4 pages, 8 figure