Microstrip antenna system for arbitrary polarization reconfigurability

Author

Bergeron, Jarrah ; Lambrechts, Bernard ; Bornemann, Jens

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1913

Lastpage

1917

Abstract

A microstrip antenna system is presented that allows polarization to be changed dynamically. The patch is fed by two perpendicular microstrip lines whose magnitudes and phases are adjustable via a network consisting of a PIN diode switch, a variable power divider and two variable phase shifters. The system is designed for operation at 2.44 GHz and verified by simulations in HFSS and Designer. Measurements taken of a prototype confirm arbitrary polarization reconfigurability in principle with isolations of 3.9 dB and 8.8 dB between individual polarization states.

Keywords

UHF antennas; UHF phase shifters; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; p-i-n diodes; power dividers; switches; Designer simulation; HFSS simulation; PIN diode switch; arbitrary polarization reconfigurability; frequency 2.44 GHz; microstrip antenna system; perpendicular microstrip lines; variable phase shifters; variable power divider; Couplers; Microstrip antennas; PIN photodiodes; Phase shifters; Polarization; diode switch; microstrip antenna; polarization; reconfigurability; variable phase shifter; variable power divider;

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.2014.6902173

Filename

6902173