Title :
A back-to-back beam switching microstrip patch antenna
Author :
Kansheng Yang;Xiulong Bao;Max J. Ammann
Author_Institution :
Antenna & High Frequency Research Centre, The Telecommunications Research Centre, (CTVR) Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
A back-to-back linearly polarized patch antenna with a single microstrip line feed is proposed for WLAN applications. The antenna consists of two identical rectangular patch elements on the front and rear sides of a common ground plane. One patch antenna can be switched on at a time using a single-pole double-throw PIN diode switching circuit, offering a switched pattern angle of 180° in the Z-axis.
Keywords :
"PIN photodiodes","Switches","Microstrip antennas","Antenna measurements","Microstrip","Patch antennas"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2015 Loughborough
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2015.7366000
