Comparative Study of Origami Enabled Helical and Curlicue Reconfigurable Antennas

The field of reconfigurable antennas has recently received major interest from the research community. The Origami based reconfigurable antennas provide enhanced capabilities to advanced applications. However, it is essential to compare performance of different types of Origami antennas to understand the specific benefits. In the current article, the performance of an Origami helical antenna and an Origami curlicue antenna is compared. Both the antennas are designed such that they are reconfigurable in nature, and for the antenna construction, aluminium is used as the material. Extensive experiments are conducted for validating and comparing the performance of the designed antennas. The experiment results demonstrate that the antennas operate between frequency range of 0.85-1.3 GHz. Further, the helical antenna operates appropriately in unfolded state whereas, the curlicue antenna operates efficiently in both, folded state and unfolded state.