Title :
A microstrip leaky-wave antenna with beam-switchable scanning radiation
Author :
Wang, Chien-Jen ; Jou, Christina F. ; Shih, Ying-Chou
Author_Institution :
R&D Dept., Acer Peripherals Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A beam-switchable scanning leaky-wave antenna (LWA) integrated with p-I-n diode switch circuits has been developed in this paper. This LWA with a two-terminal feeding microstrip line structure is integrated with a SPDT (single port double throw) switch as a control circuit. Compared with traditional leaky-wave antennas, this configuration offers the advantage of one/dual beam scanning radiation pattern. On the dual-beam mode, the scanning angle is steered over a range of 36° to 64° for the right beam and 144° to 116° for the left beam. On the one-beam mode, the scanning angle is measured over 20° for the right beam. The measured result shows that we can change the one-beam mode or the dual-beam mode electronically by controlling the on/off status of a SPDT
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; leaky wave antennas; microstrip antennas; p-i-n diodes; beam-switchable scanning radiation; dual-beam mode; microstrip leaky-wave antenna; on/off status; one-beam mode; p-I-n diode switch circuits; radiation pattern; single port double throw switch; two-terminal feeding microstrip line structure; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6435-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2000.926082
