Analyzing the Complexity and Reliability of Switch-Frequency-Reconfigurable Antennas Using Graph Models
Joseph Costantine, Y. Tawk, Christos George Christodoulou, James Lyke, Franco De Flaviis, Alfred Grau Besoli, S. E. Barbin · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation · 2011
This paper addresses the functional reliability and the complexity of reconfigurable antennas using graph models. The correlation between complexity and reliability for any given reconfigurable antenna is defined. Two methods are proposed to reduce failures and improve the reliability of reconfigurable antennas. The failures are caused by the reconfiguration technique or by the surrounding environment. These failure reduction methods proposed are tested and examples are given which verify these methods.