Reconfigurable array antenna in LTCC technology

Navarro-Méndez, Diana V.; Carrera-Suárez, Luis F.; Baquero-Escudero, Mariano; Moy-Li, Hon Ching

doi:10.1109/aps.2014.6905161

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“…In addition, a ±45 • polarization switchable slot-ring array antenna in [19] has the simulated peak gain of 10.9 dBi; nonetheless, only simulated results are given without real implementation. Another work [20] presents a circularly-polarized reconfigurable antenna array designed by LTCC technology. The simulated maximum directivity is 13 dBic but no measured result is provided.…”

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Polarization Reconfigurable Aperture-Fed Patch Antenna and Array

Lin

Wong

2016

IEEE Access

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This paper presents a reconfigurable aperture-fed patch antenna array for ±45 • polarizations. First, a new method to realize the reconfigurable ±45 • polarizations is proposed. It introduces controllable RF switches on a cross-aperture to excite a square patch for two orthogonal polarizations. The RF switches are controlled by two sets of DC biases, which could select the polarization through the reconfigurable aperture. Second, two patch antennas based on cross-aperture excitation are discussed. The first structure uses a split ground plane with four switches, while the other one employs a united ground plane with eight switches. Both antennas operate well as the single element. However, only the antenna with a united ground is suitable for developing a reconfigurable dual-polarized antenna array, owning to its simple DC biasing lines and the reconfigurable-controlling network. Both simulation and experiment studies were examined to verify the proposed design. The measured 10-dB impedance bandwidth of the array is 9.3%, which can cover the 2.4-GHz WLAN band. The desired radiation patterns were observed with a maximum gain of 13.5 dBi. The proposed antenna array has low cross-polarization and stable gain across the entire operating bandwidth.INDEX TERMS Polarization reconfigurable antenna array, aperture-fed patch antenna, ±45 • Polarization, PIN diodes.

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Polarization Reconfigurable Aperture-Fed Patch Antenna and Array

Lin

Wong

2016

IEEE Access

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“…To date, a few wideband CP reconfigurable antenna arrays have been presented to yield high directivities [11]- [12]. However, only simulated results are provided in the presented array designs.…”

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Novel Low-Profile Wideband Reconfigurable CP Antenna Array

Chen

Lin

Qin

et al. 2018

12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)

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For future wireless communications, costeffective, low-profile circular polarization (CP) antennas with wide bandwidth and high directivity are highly desirable to increase system capacity and suppress polarization mismatch. In this paper, a wideband circular polarization antenna array integrated with a polarization-independent artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is reported that meets the demands. First, a wideband CP reconfigurable antenna with a pair of crossbowtie radiators and a metal ground is presented to achieve a fractional bandwidth of 35.9%. By replacing the metal ground with a polarization-independent AMC ground, the antenna profile is reduced from 0.25λ 0 to 0.05λ 0 with only a slight bandwidth decrease. A wideband CP reconfigurable 4-element linear array is achieved using four of those elements. It is low profile (0.05 λ 0), and has a wide operating bandwidth (21.7%), and a high realized gain (13 dBic).

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