• DocumentCode
    444631
  • Title

    Switched-beam slot sector antenna for WLAN applications

  • Author

    Uno, Hiroyuki ; Saito, Yuya ; Ohta, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Panasonic Mobile Commun. Kanazawa R&D Lab. Co., Ltd., Ishikawa, Japan
  • Volume
    1A
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    483
  • Abstract
    A small sector antenna using a switched-beam slot antenna is proposed. The switched-beam slot antenna has a main beam which is tilted to the direction along the slot plane, and its beam direction is inverted by changing the phase of the slot element excitation. We present a four-sector structure whose planar size of 10×10 mm2 at 25 GHz and is suited to the antenna for a small card terminal. For the future, we are planning to fabricate and measure the four-slot structure and investigate the main beam control in the vertical plane for further performance improvement.
  • Keywords
    slot antennas; wireless LAN; 10 mm; 25 GHz; WLAN; beam direction inversion; conical radiation patterns; excitation phase; sector antenna; slot plane; switched-beam slot antenna; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Degradation; Mobile communication; Polarization; Radio frequency; Slot antennas; Switches; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8883-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2005.1551359
  • Filename
    1551359