A Reconfigurable Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna for Satellite and Terrestrial Links

Author

Ali, Mohammod ; Sayem, Abu T M ; Kunda, Vijay K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC

Volume

56

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

426

Lastpage

435

Abstract

A reconfigurable stacked microstrip patch antenna is proposed. The antenna operates at an upper frequency f_u with a broadside pattern, 7.5-dBi right-hand circularly polarized gain, and 15.8% bandwidth. At a lower frequency f_l, the antenna operates as a planar inverted-F antenna (7.3% bandwidth and 3.9-dBi peak gain) with the main beam directed close to the horizon. Switching between the two regimes of operation is achieved using p-i-n diodes. Antenna operation in the upper frequency band is suitable for low-earth-orbit or medium-earth-orbit satellite communications, and in the lower frequency band, the antenna is useful for terrestrial land-mobile or other wireless applications

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; land mobile radio; microstrip antenna arrays; planar inverted-F antennas; satellite links; broadside pattern; low-earth-orbit satellite communication; medium-earth-orbit satellite communication; p-i-n diodes; planar inverted-F antenna; reconfigurable stacked microstrip patch antenna; right-hand circularly polarized gain; satellite links; terrestrial land-mobile application; terrestrial links; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Frequency; Low earth orbit satellites; Microstrip antennas; P-i-n diodes; Patch antennas; Polarization; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Reconfigurable antenna; satellite link; stacked patch antenna; terrestrial link;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2007.891412

Filename

4138002