Reconfigurable circularly-polarized antenna in LTCC technology

Author

Navarro Mendez, Diana Veronica ; Carrera Suarez, Luis Fernando ; Baquero-Escudero, Mariano ; Vila-Jimenez, Antonio

Author_Institution

DETRI, Escuela Politec. Nac., Quito, Ecuador

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1879

Lastpage

1881

Abstract

In this paper, a reconfigurable circularly-polarized antenna designed for manufacturing in LTCC technology is presented. This antenna has been designed to operate with right or left hand circular polarizations. First results show that it is possible to obtain similar axial ratios, radiation patterns and impedance matching for both operation modes mentioned above. Simulation results presented in this work show, for each operating mode, a return loss better than 10 dB from 5.5 GHz to 6 GHz and an axial ratio below 3 dB in a beamwidth of 60 degrees in XZ and YZ planes.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antennas; ceramic packaging; impedance matching; LTCC technology; frequency 5.5 GHz to 6 GHz; impedance matching; left hand circular polarizations; radiation patterns; reconfigurable circularly-polarized antenna; right hand circular polarizations; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Microstrip; Slot antennas; Switches; circular polarization; reconfigurable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902164

Filename

6902164