Slot Antenna With Non-Foster and Negative Conductance Matching in Consecutive Bands

• Published in: IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 1203 - 1207
• Main Authors: Chen, Hsiao-Chin, Yang, Hong-Yi, Kao, Chia-Chun, Ma, Tzyh-Ghuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Active antenna matching; Admittance; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bandwidth; Bandwidths; Converters; Impedance; Matching; Negative conductance; negative impedance converter (NIC); non-Foster element; Parasitic elements (antennas); slot antenna; Slot antennas; Transistors

An active slot antenna integrated with a negative impedance converter (NIC) having non-Foster and negative conductance matching in consecutive bands is proposed and experimentally validated in this letter. The key innovation is the new NIC design to maximize the antenna bandwidth by using different...