DocumentCode
599700
Title
Body-wearable beam steering antenna array for 5.2 GHz WLAN applications
Author
Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Ali, Mohamed
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
20-22 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
447
Lastpage
449
Abstract
This paper presents the study and design of a 5.2 GHz WLAN body-wearable electronically steerable parasitic antenna radiator (ESPAR) array. A collinear array of four driven dipoles and eight parasitic dipoles is formed to attain beam steering in the azimuth plane and a narrow beam in the elevation plane. The collinear ESPAR array provides beam steering in three directions while allowing 12.8 dBi of peak gain at 5.2 GHz. PIN diode switches are used to control the beam of the array.
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; dipole antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; p-i-n diodes; semiconductor switches; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; ESPAR; PIN diode switch; WLAN application; body-wearable beam steering antenna array; body-wearable electronically steerable parasitic antenna radiator array; elevation plane; frequency 5.2 GHz; narrow beam array; parasitic dipole collinear array; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Azimuth; Muscles; Switches; Body-wearable antenna; ESPAR; WLAN; array;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2012 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dhaka
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1434-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICECE.2012.6471583
Filename
6471583
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