Title :
Design of a novel planar Bulter matrix beamformer with two-axis beam-switching capability
Author :
Hong, Wanchu ; Lin, Che-Wei ; Lin, Yu-De ; Kitazawa, Toshihide
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., National Changhua Univ. of Educ., Taiwan
Abstract :
By employing one microstrip patch array and one single-conductor microstrip leaky-wave array on the same substrate, a novel planar Bulter matrix beam-forming array that can switch beams in two orthogonal axes is proposed in this paper. Numerical simulation and experimental results are shown to demonstrate its two-axis beam-switching capability. With its printed circuit form, it is very suitable for integration into modern wireless communication systems with smart antenna techniques.
Keywords :
array signal processing; beam steering; leaky wave antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; microstrip patch array; planar Bulter matrix beamformer; printed circuit form; single-conductor microstrip leaky-wave array; smart antenna techniques; two-axis beam-switching capability; wireless communication systems; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Communication switching; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Patch antennas; Switches; Transmission line matrix methods; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 2005. APMC 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9433-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2005.1606991
