Title :
Radiation pattern reconfigurable planar Yagi-Uda antenna
Author :
Sharma, Sanjay Kumar ; Fideles, Felipe ; Kalikonda, Anusha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A radiation pattern reconfigurable planar Yagi-Uda antenna is investigated. The beam peak direction of the patterns is reconfigured to opposite sides by activating or deactivating PIN diode switches. Achieved patterns are directional with good front-to-back (F/B) ratios.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; p-i-n diodes; planar antenna arrays; switches; PIN diode switches; beam peak direction; front-to-back ratios; radiation pattern reconfigurable planar Yagi-Uda antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6710756