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A Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna for Switchable Polarization Using PIN Diodes  

Lee Kun-Joon (Department of Radio Communications Engineering, Korea University)
Jang Tai-Un (Department of Radio Communications Engineering, Korea University)
Kim Young-Sik (Department of Radio Communications Engineering, Korea University)
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Abstract
In this paper, a circular microstrip patch antenna for switchable polarization is presented. For the switchable polarization, pairs of tuning stubs and two PIN diodes are utilized. By independently setting the PIN diodes on or off, the antenna produces either linear polarization or circular polarization. From the results, the -10 dB impedance bandwidths of 57.0 MHz($2.4\%$) and 50.0 MHz($2.1\%$) when operated in the linear polarization, and the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth of $1.3\%$ with minimum of 0.2 and 0.9 dB in the circular polarization have been observed.
Keywords
Microstrip Patch Antenna; Switchable Polarization; Cross Polarization; Tuning Stub; Axial Ratio;
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