Affiliation:
1. School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, China
Abstract
The research on reconfigurable antennas has some disadvantages such as low working frequency and large size. This paper presents a Ka-band patch antenna with pattern reconfigurability using RF MEMS switches. The antenna contains one main patch, two sub-patches, two parasitic patches, and two RF MEMS switches. By controlling the states of the RF MEMS switches, the antenna can achieve three different radiation patterns (−8°, 0°, and +8°) at 35 GHz. The pattern analysis was based on the electric field vector addition method. The analytical, simulated, and measured results agree well with each other. Due to its compact and thin structure of 3.7 mm × 5.2 mm × 0.4 mm, this antenna can be applied in fields such as satellites, smartphones, etc.
Funder
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture,Signal Processing,Control and Systems Engineering
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6 articles.
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