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A frequency selective surface with integrated limiter for receiver protection

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Scott, Sean; Nordquist, Christopher D.; Cich, Michael J.; Jordan, Tyler S.; Rodenbeck, Christopher T.

The design and simulation of a frequency selective surface (FSS) with integrated limiter for receiver-protection are presented. The FSS operates as normal until a certain power threshold is reached, at which point the temperature increase triggers a dramatic resistance change across the element, and the insertion loss changes from 0.2 dB to 20 dB. The limiting action is completely passive and automatically reversible. By placing the limiter outside of the system, no portion of the front-end risks damage from high-power signals, a level of protection not offered in conventional limiters. Finally, the design is compatible with standard lithography processes, requires no diodes, ferrites, or additional components, and can potentially be integrated on flexible substrates. © 2012 IEEE.

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Planar miniature RFID antennas suitable for integration with batteries

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Rodenbeck, Christopher T.

A class of planar, electrically-small UHF antennas suitable for direct integration with electronic components such as batteries is introduced. The new design approach combines a meander line section and a capacitive strip section. The geometries of the two sections can together be scaled in size over a wide range of planar form factors while still maintaining self-resonance and practically realizable line widths and spacings. No external matching network is required. Moreover, batteries can be mounted above or below the capacitive strip section, significantly reducing the total size of a wireless device. Three designs are demonstrated on printed circuit board at 433 MHz. Measurements show that the antennas provide good gain and excellent bandwidth, omnidirectional radiation patterns, and electrically small size. The results of this work have numerous uses in radiofrequency identification (RFID). © 2006 IEEE.

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