Title :
Performance and Radiation Patterns of a Reconfigurable Plasma Corner-Reflector Antenna
Author :
Jusoh, M.T. ; Lafond, Olivier ; Colombel, Franck ; Himdi, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes, Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
A novel reconfigurable plasma corner reflector antenna is proposed to better collimate the energy in forward direction operating at 2.4 GHz. Implementation of a low-cost plasma element permits beam shape to be changed electrically. The maximum measured gains are 5.7, 10.8, and 10.5 dBi for the omnidirectional, single-, and double-beam shapes, respectively.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; reflector antennas; UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; double-beam shape; frequency 2.4 GHz; omnidirectional shape; reconfigurable plasma corner-reflector antenna; single-beam shape; Antenna radiation patterns; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Reflector antennas; Shape; Corner-reflector antenna; plasma antenna; plasma corner-reflector antenna; reconfigurable antenna; reconfigurable plasma antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2013.2281221
