Beam steering technique through multiple Vee-antenna switching: Additional reflector element and radiation pattern characterization

Author

Kretly, L.C. ; A Tavora, A.S. ; Barbin, S.E.

Author_Institution

Microwave & Opt. Dept., Campinas State Univ., Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

397

Abstract

Two prototypes of reconfigurable antenna structure applicable to 3G communication systems are presented in this paper. The first one was designed to operate at 2.45 GHz and to steer the radiation beam from 60° to 120° with a step of 5°, by reconfiguring the feed elements. The second antenna is a V-antenna array with resonance frequency at 1.9 GHz and was constructed to full characterize the radiation pattern of this type of antenna.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; UHF antennas; adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; method of moments; mobile antennas; monopole antenna arrays; reflector antenna feeds; 1.9 GHz; 2.45 GHz; 3G communication; V-antenna array; additional reflector element; beam steering technique; feed elements; method of moments; multi monopole arrangement; radiation pattern; reconfigurable antenna; smart antennas; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arm; Bandwidth; Beam steering; Circuit simulation; Communication switching; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244892

Filename

1244892