• DocumentCode
    2143624
  • Title

    Annular ring monopole antenna with switchable polarization

  • Author

    Phang, Sound-Pien ; Chen, Nan-Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. Eng., Yuan Ze Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-14 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A switchable polarization operation of an annular ring monopole antenna realized with a PIN diode load is presented. It is shown that the antenna polarization is switched from circular polarization (CP) to linear polarization (LP) with a change of the PIN diode state from off to on. Technically, with the state change, the current distribution on the ring is altered between that of asymmetric (for CP) and symmetric (for LP). Also, an inverted sleeve is included for an improvement on the axial ratio for the CP operation.
  • Keywords
    loop antennas; monopole antennas; p-i-n diodes; polarisation; CP; LP; PIN diode load; annular ring monopole antenna; antenna polarization; circular polarization; current distribution; linear polarization; switchable polarization; Coplanar waveguides; Inductors; Microstrip; Unified modeling language;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0461-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2012.6348663
  • Filename
    6348663