Switchable beam antenna

Author

Lim Wai Leong ; Lee Yeng Seng ; Wee Fwen Hoon ; Malek, M.F.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kuala Perlis, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

89

Abstract

This paper introduces the Switchable Beam antenna which has the ability to shift the direction of the Wi-Fi signal to any specific direction depending on the availability of user. The designs of eight radiating patches are installed in between aluminum plates which are fixed by the edges of the other aluminum plate. This is to represent eight angles where the antenna will radiate. By using switches, the beam of the radiating energy can be adjusted to be directed to a specific area. This antenna is operational at 5.8 GHz which is Wi-Fi frequency. The antenna generated a gain of 4.07 dB while the directivity is 9.986 dBi. Apart from Wi-Fi applications, the design can be customized in different frequency to support different application such as GSM.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; microstrip antennas; GSM; Wi-Fi applications; Wi-Fi frequency; Wi-Fi signal; aluminum plates; direction antenna; frequency 5.8 GHz; gain 4.07 dB; gain 9.9886 dB; patch radiation; radiating energy; switchable beam antenna; Aluminum; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Switches; Directivity; WLAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2213-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2013.6757224

Filename

6757224