Switched diversity antennas characterized by a coverage probability parameter

Author

Psychogiou, Dimitra ; Hesselbarth, Jan ; Vahldieck, Ruediger

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electronis (IFH), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2010

fDate

15-17 March 2010

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

19

Abstract

A new characteristic parameter for switched diversity antennas is introduced. The coverage probability parameter describes the capability of a switched diversity antenna system to receive “above threshold” an arbitrary linear polarized wave coming from an arbitrary direction. A number of generic antennas, as well as diversity antennas from the literature, are compared in terms of size, bandwidth, and “coverage” as described by the new parameter. A new diversity antenna based on loaded dipoles is proposed and is shown to outperform existing antennas in many regards.

Keywords

dipole antennas; diversity reception; linear antennas; arbitrary linear polarized wave; coverage probability parameter; dipoles; outperform existing antennas; switched diversity antennas; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Loaded antennas; Microwave antennas; Polarization; Psychology; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Switches; coverage probability parameter; dipoles; diversity antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2010 German

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4933-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9812668-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

5498252