A new, compact, low-cost switched-beam array for fixed and portable applications in the V UHF band

Author

Panagiotou, S.C. ; A. Thomopoulos, Stelios ; Papakanellos, P.J. ; Capsalis, Christos N.

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Sci. Res. “Demokritos”, Inst. of Inf. & Telecommun., Athens, Greece

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A low-cost and profile switched-beam array, suitable for fixed and portable DVB-T applications in the V UHF band, is proposed in this paper. The array comprises eight wire elements lying on the horizontal plane and a set of four switching beam patterns is provided. Sufficient front gain and impedance matching is achieved with the aid of a genetic algorithm.

Keywords

UHF antennas; adaptive antenna arrays; digital video broadcasting; genetic algorithms; impedance matching; DVB-T application; V UHF band; compact low-cost switched-beam array; genetic algorithm; impedance matching; portable application; profile switched-beam array; smart antenna; switching beam pattern; wire element; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Digital video broadcasting; Genetic algorithms; Switches; DVB-T; Smart Antennas; Switched-Beam Arrays; UHF;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403031

Filename

6403031