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Reconfigurable Plasma Antennas


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1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Urima University, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Urima University, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

This paper reviews recent work and applications of plasma antennas. Plasma antennas use partially or fully ionized gas instead of metal as the conducting medium to create an antenna. The advantages of plasma antennas are that they are highly reconfigurable and can be turned on and off. The radiated wave profile can be calculated by several numerical methods. The disadvantage is that plasma antennas require energy to be ionized. Hence, research to reduce the power required to ionize the gas at various plasma densities is important.

Keywords

Plasma Antenna, Reconfigurable
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Authors

Mohammad Pourbagher
Department of Electrical Engineering, Urima University, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Javad Nourinia
Department of Electrical Engineering, Urima University, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Nader Pourmahmud
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Urima University, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


This paper reviews recent work and applications of plasma antennas. Plasma antennas use partially or fully ionized gas instead of metal as the conducting medium to create an antenna. The advantages of plasma antennas are that they are highly reconfigurable and can be turned on and off. The radiated wave profile can be calculated by several numerical methods. The disadvantage is that plasma antennas require energy to be ionized. Hence, research to reduce the power required to ionize the gas at various plasma densities is important.

Keywords


Plasma Antenna, Reconfigurable

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2012%2Fv5i6%2F30487