Switchable parasitic antenna using PIN Diode- and MEMS-switches

Author

Jusoh, M. ; Jamlos, M.F. ; Nawawi, N.M. ; Alomainy, Akram ; Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee ; Hamid, M.R.

Author_Institution

Adv. Commun. Eng. Centre (ACE), Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Pauh Putra, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

355

Abstract

Switchable parasitic antennas in realizing beam steering ability is proposed. This is achieved by forming four similar parasitic encircling a single driven element. Each of the parasitic has been shorted to the ground via a shorting pin maintaining the frequency resonant at 2.38 GHz. Two different type of switches are used;HPND-4005 PIN Diode and RMSW101 MEMS switches. Each of the switches is employed at specific locations in the parasitic to change its effective electrical length hence forming a reflector and director. Both antennas have a capability to steer beam at five modes angle. The proposed antennas is functioning for WiMAX (2.36-2.39 GHz) application. Both antennas performance are discussed in details.

Keywords

UHF antennas; UHF diodes; beam steering; microswitches; p-i-n diodes; HPND-4005 PIN diode; RMSW101 MEMS switch; WiMAX; beam steering ability; frequency 2.36 GHz to 2.39 GHz; reflector; single driven element; switchable parasitic antenna; Antennas; Beam steering; Micromechanical devices; Microswitches; PIN photodiodes; Radio frequency; MEMS switch; PIN diode; Switchable parasitic antenna;

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.2013.6757283

Filename

6757283