Polarization reconfigurable HMSIW U-slot antenna

Abstract

In this paper, a polarization reconfigurable U-slot half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) antenna with left handed circular polarization (LHCP) and linear polarization (LP) is proposed. Switching between LHCP and LP is carried out by shorting the slot. The antenna is designed for the operating frequency of 10 GHz, fabricated and experimentally verified. Experimental results proves that the fabricated prototype of proposed antenna reaches very good performance. Index Terms-slot antenna, half-mode substrate integrated waveguide, polarization reconfiguration grant of the Czech Ministry of Education no. LD14057. For research, infrastructure of the SIX Center was used.