Title :
Switched-beam slot sector antenna for WLAN applications
Author :
Uno, Hiroyuki ; Saito, Yuya ; Ohta, G.
Author_Institution :
Panasonic Mobile Commun. Kanazawa R&D Lab. Co., Ltd., Ishikawa, Japan
Abstract :
A small sector antenna using a switched-beam slot antenna is proposed. The switched-beam slot antenna has a main beam which is tilted to the direction along the slot plane, and its beam direction is inverted by changing the phase of the slot element excitation. We present a four-sector structure whose planar size of 10×10 mm2 at 25 GHz and is suited to the antenna for a small card terminal. For the future, we are planning to fabricate and measure the four-slot structure and investigate the main beam control in the vertical plane for further performance improvement.
Keywords :
slot antennas; wireless LAN; 10 mm; 25 GHz; WLAN; beam direction inversion; conical radiation patterns; excitation phase; sector antenna; slot plane; switched-beam slot antenna; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Degradation; Mobile communication; Polarization; Radio frequency; Slot antennas; Switches; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551359
