Reconfigurable and Tunable Filtenna for Cognitive LTE Femtocell Base Stations

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"> </td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Wideband mode (at 2.4 GHz)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Narrowband mode (at 2.45 GHz)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Ideal switches</td><td class="align_left">Real switches</td><td class="align_left">Ideal switches</td><td class="align_left">Real switches</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Gain, dBi</td><td class="align_center">3.9</td><td class="align_center">3.55</td><td class="align_center">6.61</td><td class="align_center">5.12</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Measured gain of the proposed filtenna in both modes.

International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology

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Table 3: Reconfigurable and Tunable Filtenna for Cognitive LTE Femtocell Base Stations 