Title :
Polarization tunable microstrip patch antenna using RF-MEMS
Author :
Hasan, Naimul ; Gupta, S.C.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Uttarakhand Tech. Univ., Dehradun, India
Abstract :
In this paper, design of a micro-strip patch antenna is proposed, having tunable polarization. The proposed antenna has a simple structure; a slot is created at an angle of 45 degree at the centre of patch antenna, to achieve circular polarization. An RF-MEMS switch is connected across the width of this slot; now the polarization may be tuned to linear or circular by switching the RF-MEMS switch in ON-OFF state respectively. Therefore, the proposed patch antenna has two different polarizations.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; microswitches; microwave switches; ON-OFF state; RF-MEMS switch; circular polarization; polarization tunable microstrip patch antenna; slot; Impedance; Microswitches; Patch antennas; Polarization; Slot antennas; Polarization; RF-MEMS; Reconfigurable;
Conference_Titel :
Advance Computing Conference (IACC), 2013 IEEE 3rd International
Conference_Location :
Ghaziabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4527-9
DOI :
10.1109/IAdCC.2013.6514273
