DocumentCode
1194575
Title
A Low-Profile Switchable Quadripolarization Diversity Aperture-Coupled Patch Antenna
Author
Wang, Shi-Yung ; Lai, Don-Yen ; Chen, Fu-Chiarng
Author_Institution
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Volume
8
fYear
2009
fDate
7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
522
Lastpage
524
Abstract
In this letter, we present a low-profile switchable quadri-polarization diversity aperture-coupled patch antenna. The proposed antenna can provide four polarization states by controlling the DC bias voltage of four pin diodes in the feeding network. The experimental results validate the novel antenna provides polarization diversity features for wireless local area networks (WLANs) and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems.
Keywords
antenna feeds; aperture-coupled antennas; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antenna arrays; p-i-n diodes; DC bias voltage; MIMO; aperture-coupled patch antenna; feeding network; four-pin diode; low-profile switchable quadripolarization diversity; multiple-input multiple-output system; p-i-n diode; wireless local area network; Aperture-coupled patch antenna; dual polarization; p–i–n diode; polarization-diversity; quadripolarization; switchable antenna;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1225
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LAWP.2009.2017495
Filename
4801676
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