DocumentCode
380029
Title
A novel low-cost switched-beam microstrip smart antenna
Author
Lan, Xing ; Foo, Bing
Author_Institution
Boeing Space & Commun., Seattle, WA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
477
Abstract
The design of a smart microstrip patch antenna (MPA) with omni-directional or controllable directional patterns is presented. The antenna basically consists of multi-layered parasitically coupled MPA elements separately mounted on the four sides of a small box. Its salient features are low manufacturing cost, low profile, high mobility, high gain, and wide bandwidth. It is amenable to digital signal processing and various access schemes such as GSM.
Keywords
adaptive antenna arrays; cellular radio; digital radio; directive antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; GSM; digital mobile communications; digital signal processing; directional patterns; high mobility; microstrip patch antenna; smart antenna; switched-beam antenna; Bandwidth; Circuits; Communication switching; Costs; Digital signal processing; GSM; Manufacturing; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Switches;
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.2002.1016388
Filename
1016388
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