No / This paper presents a physically compact, frequency tunable antenna design for use in mobile terminals. The full operating bandwidth is between 1750 MHz and 2400 MHz with good impedance match in the entire tuning range to meet the coverage requirements of the DCS, PCS, UMTS and WLAN bands . The antenna bandwidth is is realized by loading the embedded resonant slot of a PIFA, with a varactor diode, with an equivalent capacitance range of 0.5 pF to 2.5 pF.

Yes / A compact planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) with a tuneable frequency response is presented. Tuning of the resonant frequency is realized by loading a varactor on an embedded slot of the proposed antenna structure without further optimizing other antenna geometry parameters. The antenna exhibits a wide frequency range from 1570 to 2600 MHz with a good impedance matching (S11 ≤ -10dB) covering the GPS, PCS, DCS, UMTS, WLAN and LTE systems. To validate the theoretical model and design concept, the antenna prototype was fabricated and measured. The compact size of the antenna is 15mm × 8mm × 3mm, which makes this antenna a good candidate for mobile handset and wireless communication applications.

Yes / In this work, miniaturized tunable two-antenna MIMO systems composed of printed F-slot shaped is developed to operate in the GPS, PCS, DCS and UMTS bands. The two-element MIMO antenna occupies a volume of 50 × 37.5 ×1.6 mm3, and is printed on an FR4 substrate. Initially, the frequency tunability of the MIMO antennas was verified by lumped capacitors with values between 0.75 to 2.75 pF to achieve a tuning range from 1.55 to 2.07GHz while the low mutual coupling between the radiators was accomplished by adding an I-shaped branch to a cut-away ground plane. The two antennas are then loaded with varactors to simultaneously achieve miniaturization and tunability. Simulation and measurement results demonstrate the successful implementation of a tunable MIMO with coupling reduction mechanism for a portable handheld wireless transceiver. The channel capacity of the proposed antenna is investigated and found to be close to that of an un-correlated system with efficient diversity in which the mutual coupling across the full bandwidth was better than -13dB. Owing to the compact size and ease of manufacture, the proposed antennas can be a promising solution for adaptive MIMO systems in handheld devices. / This work has been performed in the framework of ARTEMOS project under work programme ENIAC JU 2010 and FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) .The authors would like to thank Datong PLC (Leeds LS18 4EG, West Yorkshire, U.K.), for their financial support of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP No: 008734).

L'importante évolution des standards de communications sans fil impose aux systèmes de télécommunication une évolution rapide de leurs architectures. Cette évolution est imposée par de nouvelles normes dont certaines sont basées sur les concepts de transmission multi-porteuses et multi-modes avec une priorité à la compacité, l'intégration, la performance et la baisse de coût. Plusieurs solutions techniques sont envisagées pour s'adapter à cette évolution, et de nouvelles architectures de têtes d’émission-réception sont envisagées en faisant appel à des composants électroniques reconfigurables. Ces dispositifs reconfigurables seront répartis sur toute la chaine d’émission-réception, et peuvent prendre différentes formes tels que des filtres accordables en fréquences, des antennes accordables, adaptateurs d'impédance ou des déphaseurs. Les composants passifs accordables présentent un réel intérêt car ils permettent de fonctionner à plusieurs bandes de fréquences pour des applications ou des standards de communication différents tout en réduisant le coût, l'encombrement et la consommation d’énergie. Deux composants passifs d’une chaine de transmission, les filtres et des antennes reconfigurables font l’objet des travaux de recherche menés dans le cadre de cette thèse. Les performances des circuits et des dispositifs hyperfréquences reconfigurables sont directement liées aux propriétés des éléments d'accord utilisés pour assurer cette fonctionnalité. Dans ce but, différents éléments tels que les composants à base de semi conducteurs (varactor, diode PIN, transistor), de matériaux agiles (ferroélectriques, ferromagnétiques) sont utilisables. Le choix de ce dispositif d'accord dépend des performances et du type d’application envisagée, et les pertes, la linéarité, la vitesse de commutation, la tenue en puissance, la consommation, le coût, sont les principaux critères qui guident le choix. Au début des années 2000, d’autres solutions ont vu le jour avec le développement de la technologie RF-MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System). Ceci a incité les concepteurs de circuits RF à étudier la possibilité d’exploiter les propriétés de cette technologie. Le développement de la technologie RF MEMS peut permettre de franchir un verrou technologique et d’atteindre de bonnes performances en termes de fréquence de coupure, de facteur de qualité, perte et de linéarité. Cette nouvelle technologie à contribué au développement de nouveaux circuits accordables adaptés aux besoins actuels. Développée depuis de nombreuses années au laboratoire XLIM, la technologie RF MEMS est utilisée par les travaux de cette thèse. / The rapid growth of the telecommunications industry has led to a significant increase in the number of allocated frequency bands and a growing need for terminals providing access to an increasing number of standards while offering maximum services. The miniaturization of these devices combined with the implementation of additional functions has become a real challenge for the industry. The use of tunable microwave functions (filters, antennas, amplifiers ...) appears as a solution to this issue. In this way, three main technologies are mainly used: variable capacitors, tunable materials and RF MEMS. Within the scope of this thesis work, our investigations focused on tunable microwave devices like filter and antenna. The first part of our study focused on the realization of tunable planar filters in MEMS RF and SOI Technology. We made two tunable bandpass filters. The first one is a center frequency tunable bandpass two using RF MEMS switchers and the second one using tunable capacitor in SOI technology. In a second part, we focused on the realization of tunable Planar Inverted F Antenna PIFA in MEMS RF.  Finally, we discussed follow-up to give to this work and outlooks.

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No / A miniaturized conical helix antenna is presented, which displays vertical polarization with electrically small dimensions of 10mm×10mm×45mm. The resonance of the antenna is made tunable by adding a variable digital MEMS capacitor load at the bottom of the helix, giving a tuning range of 316 MHz to 400 MHz. The antenna demonstrates considerable impedance matching bandwidth and gain over the entire tuning frequency band. Most importantly, the antenna is capable of compact, flexible and easy integration into a wireless device package or for platform installation. / Datong of Seven Technology Group, for their support under the KTP project grant No. 008734.

A passive wireless surface acoustic wave sensor of a delay-line type is composed of an antenna, a transducer that converts the EM signal into a surface acoustic wave, and a set of acoustic reflectors that reflect the incoming signal back out through the antenna. A cavity forms between the transducer and the reflectors, trapping energy and causing multiple unwanted echoes. The work in this dissertation aims to reduce the unwanted echoes so that only the main transit signal is left--the signal of interest with sensor information. The contributions of this dissertation include reflective delay-line device response in the form of an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. This may be used in the future to subtract out unwanted echoes via post-processing. However, this dissertation will use a physical approach to echo suppression by using a unidirectional transducer. Thus a unidirectional transducer is used and also optimized for 3rd harmonic operation. Both the directionality and the coupling of the 3rd harmonic optimized SPUDT are improved over a standard electrode width controlled (EWC) SPUDT. New type of reflectors for the reflective delay-line device are also presented. These use BPSK type coding, similar to that of the Walsh-Hadamard codes. Two types are presented, variable reflectivity and variable chip-lengths. The COM model is used to simulate devices and compare the predicted echo suppression level to that of fabricated devices. Finally, a device is mounted on a tunable antenna and the echo is suppressed on a wireless operating device.