Polarization controllable microstrip antenna using beam lead PIN diodes

Author

Nishiyama, Eisuke ; Aikawa, Masayoshi

Author_Institution

Saga Univ., Saga

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

80

Abstract

A reconfigurable antenna is attractive for wireless communication system. In this paper, a novel polarization controllable microstrip antenna as a kind of reconfigurable antennas is investigated. In order to realize an orthogonal polarization controllable antenna, four switching diodes are mounted on a cross-slot antenna element. The FDTD method is used to simulate the antenna, and the characteristics of this functional antenna are discussed. The characteristics are calculated taking the resistance and capacitance of the diode into account. The calculated results are compared with the measured, and these results agree well. Consequently, the realizability of the polarization controllable antenna is successfully verified.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; p-i-n diodes; radiocommunication; slot antennas; FDTD method; beam lead PIN diodes; cross-slot antenna element; orthogonal polarization; polarization controllable microstrip antenna; radiation patterns; reconfigurable antenna; switching diodes; wireless communication system; Antenna measurements; Capacitance; Communication switching; Communication system control; Diodes; Electrical resistance measurement; Finite difference methods; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Wireless communication; microstrip antenna; polarization control; reconfigurable antenna; switching diode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. APMC 2006. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

978-4-902339-08-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-902339-11-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2006.4429383

Filename

4429383