Compact Smart Antenna with Electronic Beam-Switching and Reconfigurable Polarizations

Gu, Chao, Gao, Steven, Liu, Haitao, Luo, Qi, Loh, Tian Hong, Sobhy, Mohammed, Li, Jianzhou, Wei, Gao, Xu, Jiadong, Qin, Fan, and others. (2015) Compact Smart Antenna with Electronic Beam-Switching and Reconfigurable Polarizations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, . p. 1. ISSN 0018-926X. (doi:10.1109/TAP.2015.2490239) (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:53537)

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2015.2490239

Abstract

This paper presents a compact-size, low-cost smart antenna with electronically switchable radiation patterns and reconfigurable polarizations. This antenna can be dynamically switched to realize three different polarizations including two orthogonal linear polarizations and one diagonally linear polarization. By closely placing several electronically reconfigurable parasitic elements around the driven antenna, the beam switching can be achieved in any of the three polarization states. In this design, a polarization reconfigurable square patch antenna with a simple feeding network is used as the driven element. The parasitic element is composed of a printed dipole with a PIN diode. By using different combinations of PIN diode ON/OFF states, the radiation pattern can be switched towards different directions to cover an angle range of 0° to 360° in the azimuth plane. The concept is confirmed by a series of measurements. This smart antenna has the advantages of compact size, low cost, low power consumption, reconfigurable polarizations and beams.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1109/TAP.2015.2490239
Subjects:	T Technology T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunications
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User:	Qi Luo
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2015 13:15 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 10:40 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/53537 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Gao, Steven.

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Luo, Qi.

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Sobhy, Mohammed.

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Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito.

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