Title :
Reconfigurable water antennas
Author :
Changzhou Hua ; Zhenxin Hu ; Zhongxiang Shen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
This paper introduces two types of reconfigurable water antennas. One is a water-grating leaky-wave antenna and the other is a sea-water monopole antenna. The water-grating leaky-wave antenna consists of a parabolic reflecting surface-wave launcher and a periodic water-grating structure, which is designed for wide-angle beam-scanning. While the sea-water monopole antenna mainly comprises of a Teflon container and a sea-water stream supplied by a water pump, which is very suitable for maritime wireless communications.
Keywords :
electromagnetic launchers; leaky wave antennas; marine communication; monopole antennas; pumps; seawater; Teflon container; maritime wireless communication; parabolic reflecting surface-wave launcher; periodic water-grating structure; reconfigurable water antenna; sea-water monopole antenna; water pump; water-grating leaky-wave antenna; wide-angle beam scanning; Antenna measurements; Dielectric resonator antennas; Frequency measurement; Gratings; Leaky wave antennas; Sea measurements; Leaky wave; reconfigurable; sea-water monopole; water antenna; water grating;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2014 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antibes Juan-les-Pins
DOI :
10.1109/CAMA.2014.7003329
