Circular loop antenna for pattern steerable applications

Author

Deo, P. ; Mehta, A. ; Mirshekar-Syahka, D. ; Massey, P.J. ; Nakan, H.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Adv. Telecomm., Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A circular loop antenna with feed points on the loop is proposed. This antenna is envisaged to be useful for some beam steering applications. An example of this antenna with 8 feed points is analyzed. The eight feed points are placed symmetrically on the loop, which when excited one at a time steer the beam in eight different directions at steps of 45deg. Apart from the direction of the beam, the return-loss, polarization and all other antenna parameters stays the same if the antenna is excited through any of the eight feeds. For the antenna analysed, at the resonating (operating) frequency of 4.4 GHz, the antenna has a directivity of 9.1 dBi with polarization dominance in the E_thetas direction.

Keywords

beam steering; loop antennas; beam steering applications; circular loop antenna; frequency 4.4 GHz; pattern steerable applications; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Application software; Beam steering; Directive antennas; Geometry; Phased arrays; Polarization; Resonant frequency; Spirals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5171565

Filename

5171565