Title :
A Slim Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator Antenna
Author :
Iigusa, Kyoichi ; Sato, K. ; Fujise, M.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Yokosuka
Abstract :
We propose a new design for an electronically steerable parasitic array radiator antenna that is about 96% smaller than conventional antennas. The size reduction enables the beam steerable antenna to be on board mobile terminals. The antenna can form and scan a beam with an actual gain of about 6.5 dBi without a matching circuit. It is shown that the current is exited more on parasitic elements than on the fed element, and that the excited phase distribution is an end-fire array
Keywords :
antenna arrays; beam steering; mobile antennas; scanning antennas; beam steerable antenna; electronically steerable antenna; end-fire array; on board mobile terminal; parasitic array radiator antenna; phase distribution; scanning antenna; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Inductors; Mobile antennas; Motorcycles; Phased arrays; Radio spectrum management; VHF circuits;
Conference_Titel :
ITS Telecommunications Proceedings, 2006 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9587-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9587-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITST.2006.288922
