A study on phased array antenna using MSA composed by 3-patches

Author

Yasuzumi, Takenori ; Nakayama, Mari ; Kazama, Yasuhiro ; Hashimoto, Osamu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Sagamihara, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

284

Abstract

In this paper, a new type of phased array antenna using bi-layered microstrip antenna (MSA) composed by 3-patch element is proposed. An element antenna of the array has conical radiation pattern at E- and H-plane. Firstly, the bi-layered MSA of conical radiation pattern is examined analytically by an electromagnetic field simulator. It is shown that desirable radiation patterns are obtained. Then, using the element antenna, the beam scanning characteristics of a 4 Ã— 4-element array antenna is investigated. As a result, the proposed antenna is promising in use of mobile satellite communications.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic field theory; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile communication; satellite communication; 3-patch element; 4 Ã\x97 4-element array antenna; MSA; beam scanning characteristics; bilayered microstrip antenna; conical radiation pattern; electromagnetic field simulator; element antenna; mobile satellite communications; phased array antenna; Analytical models; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Pattern analysis; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2720-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352554

Filename

5352554