A thermally adaptive antenna
system having an antenna structure, an EM) power
signal, a DC power
signal, an impedance
tuner, a temperature sensor in the antenna, a DC-DC conversion component, and a
microcontroller. The
microcontroller provides a tuning command to the impedance
tuner, causing the impedance
tuner to compensate for an impedance change in the antenna due to a temperature change in the antenna. An environmentally adaptive antenna
system has an antenna structure, an EM power
signal, a DC power signal, an EM power splitter, a directional coupler, a reference
receiver, a measurement
receiver, an impedance tuner, and a controller. The controller calculates
antenna impedance change based on observed changes in
return loss, calculates a corresponding correction to the
antenna impedance, and sends a command to the impedance tuner to implement the correction to the
antenna impedance.