Title :
A printed circuit switched array antenna for indoor communications
Author :
Kalis, Antonis ; Antonakopoulos, Theodore ; Maklos, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Technol., Patras Univ., Greece
fDate :
8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a new printed switched array antenna suitable for indoor mobile communications. The antenna uses printed active elements and produces either omnidirectional or many directional overlapping patterns. The omni-directionality, is needed in order to implement the collision avoidance algorithms in next generation wireless systems, while directional patterns are needed to effectively confront the problems induced by the noisy indoor channel to the highly demanding wireless applications. An electromagnetic simulation tool was used to evaluate the antenna design
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; indoor radio; land mobile radio; microstrip antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; collision avoidance algorithms; directional overlapping patterns; electromagnetic simulation tool; indoor communications; indoor mobile communication; next generation wireless systems; noisy indoor channel; omni-directionality; omnidirectional overlapping patterns; printed active elements; printed circuit switched array antenna; printed switched array antenna; Antenna arrays; Collision avoidance; Communication switching; Directive antennas; Indoor communication; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Noise generators; Printed circuits; Switching circuits;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
