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Compact Dual-Band Antenna With Electronic Beam-Steering and Beamforming Capability

Liu, Haitao, Gao, Steven, Loh, Tian Hong (2011) Compact Dual-Band Antenna With Electronic Beam-Steering and Beamforming Capability. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 10 (?). pp. 1349-1352. ISSN 1536-1225. (doi:10.1109/LAWP.2011.2177059) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35689)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2011.2177059

Abstract

A low-cost compact dual-band antenna that can achieve electronic beam steering in the horizontal plane across a range from 0° to 360° and adaptive beamforming is presented. Multiple radiation patterns can be generated by the antenna for interference canceling. To reduce the size and cost, the antenna employs the configuration of electronically steerable parasitic array radiators (ESPARs). The parasitic elements are 12 folded monopole antennas, which surround a short monocone antenna. The short monocone antenna serves as the driven element. Each folded monopole is loaded with a p-i-n diode, and by controlling the dc voltages applied to the p-i-n diodes, the antenna can achieve electronic beam steering and adaptive beamforming. To prove the concept, a prototype antenna was developed whose frequency bands are 1.8-2.2 and 2.85-3.15 GHz. The height of the antenna has been reduced to 0.12 ? at 1.8 GHz.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2177059
Uncontrolled keywords: INSPEC: CONTROLLED INDEXING antenna radiation patterns array signal processing beam steering interference suppression monopole antennas multifrequency antennas p-i-n diodes INSPEC: NON CONTROLLED INDEXING adaptive beamforming beamforming capability electronic beam steering electronic beam-steering electronically steerable parasitic array radiator interference canceling low-cost compact dual-band antenna monocone antenna monopole antenna p-i-n diode parasitic element radiation pattern AUTHOR KEYWORDS Beam steering beamforming dual-band antenna small antenna smart antenna IEEE TERMS Antenna measurements Antenna radiation patterns Array signal processing Dual band Vectors
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2013 11:21 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:12 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35689 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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