DocumentCode
655437
Title
Smart adaptive beam forming antenna for interference cancellation
Author
Kausar, Asmz ; Kausar, Shafaq
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
fYear
2013
fDate
13-15 Nov. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
ESPAR antenna steers beam by variation of reactive impedances, here we have simulated & later designed hardware for steering beam in direction of desired maxima and placement of null towards maximum interference. Antenna is simulated in HFSS version 12, only center element is active which is surrounded by array of six parasitic elements loaded with varactor. Hardware results were measured in anechoic chamber and 8 dB gain was achieved in specified direction for theta & phi and step size achieved was 30 degree.
Keywords
adaptive antenna arrays; anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); beam steering; interference suppression; varactors; ESPAR antenna steers beam; HFSS version 12; anechoic chamber; electronically steerable parasitic array radiator; gain 8 dB; interference cancellation; parasitic elements; reactive impedances; smart adaptive beam forming antenna; steering beam; varactor; Hafnium; Anechoic Chamber; ESPAR (Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator); beam steering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Days (WD), 2013 IFIP
Conference_Location
Valencia
ISSN
2156-9711
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WD.2013.6686441
Filename
6686441
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