• DocumentCode
    1511682
  • Title

    Multi-beam switched parasitic antenna embedded in dielectric for wireless communications systems

  • Author

    Lu, J.W. ; Thiel, D.V. ; Hanna, B. ; Saario, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Radio Sci. Lab., Griffith Univ., Nathan, Qld., Australia
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    7/5/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    871
  • Lastpage
    872
  • Abstract
    A nine monopole antenna embedded in a dielectric cylinder mounted on a small ground plane has been designed for IEEE 802.11 applications. Two simultaneous beams are controlled electronically with a front-to-back ratio of 12 dB and 13% bandwidth. The dielectric reduced the footprint by 85% and the antenna volume by 91% compared to an array with similar functionality in air
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; monopole antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; 2.31 GHz; IEEE 802.11 applications; dielectric cylinder; dielectric embeded antenna; multibeam switched parasitic antenna; nine monopole antenna; wireless communications systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010618
  • Filename
    935106