Patch antenna with switchable slots (PASS): reconfigurable design for wireless communications

Author

Yang, Fan ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

462

Abstract

Reconfigurable antennas are becoming popular in antenna engineering because of their capability in frequency agility, bandwidth enhancement, and polarization diversity. Reconfigurable designs have been applied to dipole antennas, slot antennas, and microstrip antennas. Compared to normal designs, they exhibit attractive features of compact structure, similar radiation performance and little co-site interference. This paper presents a novel reconfigurable design: patch antenna with switchable slots (PASS). The PASS concept, various PASS designs, and its applications are discussed.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; radiocommunication; slot antennas; PASS; co-site interference; compact structure; dipole antennas; microstrip antennas; patch antenna with switchable slots; radiation performance; reconfigurable antennas; slot antennas; wireless communications; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Dipole antennas; Frequency diversity; Interference; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Polarization; Slot antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2002.1016384

Filename

1016384