The integration of reconfigurable filters for the matching of wideband antennas

This paper presents a technique to reduce the cost and overcome the high processing power needed to analyze the signals received by wideband antennas. The idea is based on matching a wideband antenna to a reconfigurable filter. This will allow an easier processing for the received signal and the replacement of the bank of filters needed after the antenna by one reconfigurable filter element. Two prototypes are shown to prove the validity of the proposed technique.