Title :
Small beam-switched antenna with RF switch for wireless LAN
Abstract :
We propose a small beam-switched antenna using slot Yagi-Uda antenna design with an RF switch for wireless LAN (802.11a). The beam of this antenna is given quad-orthogonal directi~ly by using an RF switch to exchange director and reflector roles. Antenna size is 40mm square. Thickness is lmm. We include a description of indoor throughput performance using this beam-switched antenna. Compared with common omni-directional antennas, using this beam-switched antenna improves throughput more than 150%.
Keywords :
Degradation; Directive antennas; Microstrip; Polarization; Radio frequency; Reflector antennas; Slot antennas; Switches; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2004. 34th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-992-0
