TY - JOUR AU - Jorge Simón AU - José Luis Álvarez Flores AU - Juvenal Villanueva Maldonado AU - Víktor Iván Rodríguez Abdalá AU - José Ricardo Gómez Rodríguez PY - 2020/04/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Comparison of impedance matching parameters of a pyramidal horn antenna by insertion of organic dielectric slabs JF - Difu100ci@, Revista de difusión científica, ingeniería y tecnologías JA - difu100cia VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Artículos DO - UR - http://difu100cia.uaz.edu.mx/index.php/difuciencia/article/view/14 AB - A comparison of impedance matching parameters from 6.565 to 13 GHz was performed when samples of agricultural wastes as Opuntia Ficus-Indica cladodes, Agave Atrovirens branches and Cocos Nucifera L. husk were inserted at the flare section of a pyramidal horn antenna. S11, VSWR, and impedance were measured and compared to evaluate antenna performance in the presence of them and in order to develop low-cost and eco-friendly devices for antenna matching and other electronics purposes. Particularly, Cocos Nucifera L. husk had the most appropriate features in terms of impedance matching, offering average values of |S11|, VSWR and |Z| of 0.229, 1.871 and 57.647 Ω respectively. ER -