Title :
Scanning capability of reconfigurable plasma reflector antenna
Author :
Jusoh, M.T. ; Lafond, Olivier ; Colombel, Franck ; Himdi, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron. et de Telecommun. de Rennes (IETR), Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
This paper presents the experimental results of plasma reflector antenna implementation in industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) communication band. A reflector antenna with rounded shape is proposed to collimate beam radiated by an omnidirectional antenna operating at 2.4GHz in particular direction. The smallest scan beam can be maneuvered in 48° step to cover 360°. The measured scanning gain is 9dBi, the side lobe level (SLL) and the cross polarization remain below than -10dBi.
Keywords :
omnidirectional antennas; plasma devices; reflector antennas; ISM communication band; SLL; collimate beam; cross polarization; industrial scientific and medical communication band; omnidirectional antenna; reconfigurable plasma reflector antenna; rounded shape; scanning capability; side lobe level; Antenna measurements; Finite element analysis; Gain; Particle beams; Plasmas; Reflector antennas; plasma antenna; reconfigurable antenna; reflector antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
