Title
Reconfigurable gap-coupled back-to-back truncated rhombus-like slotted patch antenna with steerable beams
Abstract
The paper presents an innovative antenna structure by incorporating a reconfigurable planar array antenna with parasitic elements, in which it comprises of two truncated rhombus-like slotted patch antennas in back-to-back configuration. The antenna emphasizes on these two design elements: slotted patch and parasitic elements to reconfigure its frequency and radiation pattern, respectively. On top of that, the deployment of an aperture coupling technique which separates feed network from the antenna radiating elements help to reduce spurious effects from the feed work. The main focus of this work is to design a reconfigurable antenna structure that is capable of operating at two different frequencies with steerable beams. In other words, both frequency and radiation pattern can be reconfigured by using the same antenna. A `state-of-the-art' design of rhombus-like slotted patch with truncated edges is also introduced in this paper. The integration of PIN diodes as RF switches with the feed network and parasitic elements enables the antenna to activate at two different frequencies with six different steerable beam directions at each frequency mode, F1=5.3GHz (0°, 10°, 170°, 180°, 190° and 350°) and F2=5.9GHz (0°, 20°, 160°, 180°, 200° and 340°). Both simulation and measurement results are presented and they agree well to each other. The antenna is compatible to be embedded with other mobile devices owing to its small and compact size. Furthermore, it has the potential to be applied in multiple applications based on 5.3GHz and 5.9GHz bands.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICT.2014.6845135
Telecommunications
Keywords
Field
DocType
antenna radiation patterns,beam steering,microstrip antenna arrays,microwave antenna arrays,p-i-n diodes,planar antenna arrays,slot antenna arrays,PIN diodes,RF switches,RTRSA,antenna radiation pattern,aperture coupling,beam steering,frequency 5.3 GHz,frequency 5.9 GHz,parasitic elements,reconfigurable planar array antenna,reconfigurable truncated rhombus-like slotted patch antenna,truncated edges,antenna,aperture coupling,beam steering,reconfigurable,slotted patch
Antenna (radio),Patch antenna,Antenna measurement,Antenna feed,Computer science,Optics,Antenna efficiency,Reconfigurable antenna,Real-time computing,Acoustics,Passive radiator,Microstrip antenna
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhamud-Kayat, S.100.34
Mohd. Tarmizi Ali202.37
m k mohd salleh301.01
M. H. M. Rusli400.34