Paper Info
Title
A reconfigurable microstrip cross parasitic patch antenna with two-dimensional beam scanning capability
Abstract
A reconfigurable planar cross parasitic patch antenna is designed and simulated to achieve continuous two-dimensional beam scanning at 2.45 GHz. The antenna realizes complete azimuthal beam scanning with a maximum elevation angle of 34°. This antenna consists of a central driven element and four hexagonal slotted tunable parasitic patches placed on each side of the driven element. The effective electrical size of the parasitic element is changed with respect to the driven element, by varying the capacitance of varactor diodes loaded in the hexagonal slot. The reflector and director properties of the tunable parasitic elements are used to tilt the main beam of antenna away from the broadside direction. The antenna achieves continuous beam scanning from θ = 0° to 34° for φ = 45°, 90°, 135°, 225°, 270° and 315° planes. The advantage of the antenna is that the design is simple and it maintains a common impedance bandwidth from 2.42-2.47 GHz in all configurations. The two-dimensional beam scanning capability of the proposed antenna can be effectively used in the next generation wireless communication networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/ANTS.2016.7947831
2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS)
Keywords
Field
DocType
reconfigurable planar microstrip cross parasitic patch antenna,continuous two-dimensional beam scanning,elevation angle,azimuthal beam scanning,central driven element,hexagonal slotted tunable parasitic patches,effective electrical size,varactor diode capacitance,director properties,reflector properties,tunable parasitic elements,broadside direction,next generation wireless communication networks,frequency 2.54 GHz,bandwidth 2.42 GHz to 2.47 GHz
Telecommunications,Driven element,Patch antenna,Periscope antenna,Optics,Reconfigurable antenna,Coaxial antenna,Beam waveguide antenna,Materials science,Microstrip antenna,Passive radiator
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5090-2194-9
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vikas V. Khairnar100.34
C. K. Ramesha232.76
Gudino, Lucy J.345.19