TY - GEN
T1 - A dual-band dual-polarized steerable pattern reconfigurable antenna
AU - Massoud, Ayah T.
AU - Bernhard, Jennifer T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/10/22
Y1 - 2015/10/22
N2 - A novel low-profile dual-band steerable pattern-reconfigurable antenna (PRA) is presented in this paper. The antenna consists of two parallel fed radiating elements with a pair of varactors acting as a loaded-line phase shifter. A DC bias voltage applied to the varactors controls the phase delay between the currents feeding each element and the imbalance in current flow modulates the pattern. The design and full wave simulation of the antenna are presented. The proposed antenna provides dual polarized 25° beam steering in the elevation plane in both the 3.51-GHz and 3.67-GHz band. Unlike existing PRAs that employ multiple PIN diodes to switch through discrete radiation profiles, this antenna changes its pattern continuously using a single control signal while maintaining a good input response without the need for a sophisticated matching network.
AB - A novel low-profile dual-band steerable pattern-reconfigurable antenna (PRA) is presented in this paper. The antenna consists of two parallel fed radiating elements with a pair of varactors acting as a loaded-line phase shifter. A DC bias voltage applied to the varactors controls the phase delay between the currents feeding each element and the imbalance in current flow modulates the pattern. The design and full wave simulation of the antenna are presented. The proposed antenna provides dual polarized 25° beam steering in the elevation plane in both the 3.51-GHz and 3.67-GHz band. Unlike existing PRAs that employ multiple PIN diodes to switch through discrete radiation profiles, this antenna changes its pattern continuously using a single control signal while maintaining a good input response without the need for a sophisticated matching network.
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U2 - 10.1109/APS.2015.7305506
DO - 10.1109/APS.2015.7305506
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84953722912
T3 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)
SP - 2235
EP - 2236
BT - 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015
Y2 - 19 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -