Pentagonal Patch-Excited Sectorized Antenna for Localization Systems

Author

Brás, Luis ; Carvalho, Nuno Borges ; Pinho, Pedro

Author_Institution

Inst. of Telecommun., Univ. of Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

Volume

60

Issue

3

fYear

2012

fDate

3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1634

Lastpage

1638

Abstract

A pentagonal patch-excited sectorized antenna (SA) suitable for 2.4-2.5 GHz localization systems was studied and developed. The integration of six patch-excited structures converges into a sectorized antenna called Hive5 that provides gain improvement compared to a patch antenna, maximum variation of 3 dB beam width over the radiation pattern and circular polarization (CP). This antenna is presented and analyzed taking into account the tap length and the flare angle. The proposed antenna in combination with a RF-Switch provides a cost effective solution for localization based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and will be used for implementing angle of arrival (AoA) techniques combined with RF fingerprinting techniques.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; direction-of-arrival estimation; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; wireless sensor networks; AoA techniques; Hive5; RF fingerprinting techniques; RF switch; WSN; angle-of-arrival techniques; beam width; circular polarization; flare angle; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; gain improvement; localization systems; pentagonal patch-excited sectorized antenna; radiation pattern; tap length; wireless sensor networks; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Patch antennas; Polarization; Wireless sensor networks; Angle of arrival (AoA); Hive5; axial ratio (AR); localization system (LS); patch-excited structure; received signal strength (RSS); sectorized antenna (SA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2011.2180339

Filename

6107523