DocumentCode
19433
Title
A Novel Planar Parasitic Array Antenna With Frequency- and Pattern-Reconfigurable Characteristics
Author
Guo, Tengjiao ; Leng, Wen ; Wang, Aiping ; Li, Jie ; Zhang, Qi
Author_Institution
School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Volume
13
fYear
2014
fDate
2014
Firstpage
1569
Lastpage
1572
Abstract
A novel planar parasitic array antenna with reconfigurability in both frequency band and radiation pattern is proposed. It consists of six symmetrically reconfigurable radiating elements and six symmetrically reconfigurable parasitic elements. RF p-i-n diodes are used to switch the radiation structure and change the current distribution, which leads to 12 different radiation patterns and two frequency bands within 2.28-2.58 and 2.62-2.73 GHz, respectively. A good agreement between the measured and simulated results finally validates the proposed antenna.
Keywords
Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Switches; Wireless communication; Array antenna; frequency band; planar; radiation pattern; reconfigurable;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1225
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2345776
Filename
6874493
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