Title :
A novel low-cost switched-beam microstrip smart antenna
Author :
Lan, Xing ; Foo, Bing
Author_Institution :
Boeing Space & Commun., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The design of a smart microstrip patch antenna (MPA) with omni-directional or controllable directional patterns is presented. The antenna basically consists of multi-layered parasitically coupled MPA elements separately mounted on the four sides of a small box. Its salient features are low manufacturing cost, low profile, high mobility, high gain, and wide bandwidth. It is amenable to digital signal processing and various access schemes such as GSM.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; cellular radio; digital radio; directive antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; mobile antennas; GSM; digital mobile communications; digital signal processing; directional patterns; high mobility; microstrip patch antenna; smart antenna; switched-beam antenna; Bandwidth; Circuits; Communication switching; Costs; Digital signal processing; GSM; Manufacturing; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7330-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2002.1016388
