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Reconfigurable Antenna and Performance Optimization Approach

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Reconfigurable antenna plays a tremendous role in the modern wireless communication engineering. Already lot of works has been proposed by researchers related to every aspect of the reconfigurable antenna development. For the future of communication engineering, researchers have to develop power efficient multiband antenna which can resonance at high frequency. For this, every design phase of reconfigurable antenna need to re-watch, start from the selection of substrate material, feeding technology, design structure to switching techniques. This review paper covers all the proposed techniques and methods for each design aspect and analysis them to determine deficiency and problem and propose as the future scope. Conclusion of each aspect will help researchers to start working in new untouched areas which will enhance the antenna performance.

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Kumar, N., Kumar, P. & Sharma, M. Reconfigurable Antenna and Performance Optimization Approach. Wireless Pers Commun 112, 2187–2212 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07145-0

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