Design and Time-Domain Analysis for a Novel Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna

Author

Zhang, Guang-Min ; Hong, Jin-Song ; Wang, Bing-Zhong ; Song, Gangbing ; Li, Peng

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

365

Lastpage

368

Abstract

This letter presents a novel wideband pattern reconfigurable antenna. The antenna consists of a pair of Vivaldi-shaped slots, two switches, and a rectangular slot for impedance matching. By switching between the on and off status, the proposed antenna is able to provide three different radiation patterns over a bandwidth from 4.96 to 8.3 GHz: one broadside mode and two oppositely directed endfire modes. We investigate the antenna´s impedance bandwidth, its radiation characteristics, and time-domain characteristics. Experimental and simulated results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; impedance matching; slot antennas; time-domain analysis; Vivaldi-shaped slots; antenna impedance bandwidth; broadside mode; endfire modes; impedance matching; radiation characteristics; radiation patterns; rectangular slot; time-domain analysis; time-domain characteristics; wideband pattern reconfigurable antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Directive antennas; Slot antennas; Reconfigurable antennas; Vivaldi-shape; time-domain characteristic; wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2146225

Filename

5754559