Title :
Effect of inter-element spacing on performance of planar switched parasitic array antenna
Author :
Zhao, Kainan ; Sun, Jiawen ; Chen, Wenhua ; Feng, Zhenghe
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. on Microwave & Digital Commun., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
The effect of inter-element spacing on performance of planar switched parasitic array antenna is present in this paper. Compared with the conventional planar switched parasitic element playing its role of director in reference, the paper emphasizes the switched parasitic element also act as a reflector to provide beam switching. Thus, the antenna size reduction is achieved. This advantage makes it suitable to incorporate into wireless terminals.
Keywords :
planar antenna arrays; antenna size reduction; interelement spacing; planar switched parasitic array antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Communication switching; Interchannel interference; Loaded antennas; Microwave antenna arrays; Switches; Turning; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2008. ICMMT 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1879-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1880-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.2008.4540641
