Title :
A printed circuit switched array antenna for indoor communications
Author :
Kalis, A. ; Antonakopoulos, T. ; Makios, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Technol., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
This paper presents a new printed switched array antenna suitable for low-cost indoor communications. The antenna uses printed antenna elements having minimal mutual coupling effects and it may produce either omni-directional or multi-directional overlapping patterns.
Keywords :
Active antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Indoor radio; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Multibeam antennas; Printed circuits; Slot antenna arrays; indoor communications; low-cost indoor communications; minimal mutual coupling effects; moment methods; multi-directional overlapping patterns; omni-directional overlapping patterns; printed antenna elements; printed circuit switched array antenna; printed linear slot active elements; switched beam array; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Communication switching; Directive antennas; Indoor communication; Mutual coupling; Printed circuits; Slot antennas; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, 2000. ICCE. 2000 Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6301-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2000.854534
