Title :
A pattern reconfigurable monopole parasitic array antenna for WLAN applications
Author :
Longsheng Liu ; Zhijun Zhang ; Zhenghe Feng ; Jingwang Liu ; Zhitao Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna for WLAN applications is proposed in this paper. The antenna consists of center monopole, a pair of parasitic elements and PIN diodes. By controlling the switch states of the PIN diodes, the antenna can be worked as a monopole antenna with an omnidirectional pattern (Mode 1), a monopole antenna with reflector providing unidirectional pattern (Mode 2 and 3) or a 3-element monopole array with bidirectional pattern (Mode 4). The simulated results demonstrated S11 better than -10 dB for all the four modes over 2.4 -2.48 GHz.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; monopole antenna arrays; omnidirectional antennas; p-i-n diodes; reflector antennas; wireless LAN; 3-element monopole antenna array; PIN diodes; WLAN applications; bidirectional pattern; center monopole antenna; omnidirectional pattern; parasitic elements; radiation pattern reconfigurable monopole parasitic array antenna; reflector antenna; switch state control; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; PIN photodiodes; Reflector antennas; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6710757
