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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2011.22.10.934

Reconfigurable Beam Steering Antenna Using Superposed Beam of Double Loops  

Kim, Jae-Young (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Jung, Chang-Won (Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Abstract
A novel reconfigurable beam steering antenna using double loops is proposed. The double loop antenna has a superposed beam which is produced by combining the in-phase beam in the inner loop with the out-of-phase beam in the outer loop. Also, the doble loop antenna uses two artificial switches to connect between inner loop and outer loop, and has the beam directions of three separate cases(Case 1, Case 2, Case 3) by changing ON/OFF states of switches. The operation frequency of the antenna is 14.5 GHz, and three maximum beam directions of the antenna are ${\phi}_{max}=0^{\circ}$, ${\theta}_{max}=0^{\circ}$(Case 1), ${\phi}_{max}=230^{\circ}$, ${\theta}_{max}=40^{\circ}$(Case 2) and ${\phi}_{max}=130^{\circ}$, ${\theta}_{max}=40^{\circ}$ (Case 3). The peak gains of each case are 6.5 dBi(Case 1), 7.6 dBi(Case 2) and 7.8 dBi(Case 3). The half power beam width(HPBW) of each case is $86{\sim}104^{\circ}$, and the overall HPBW is $160^{\circ}$.
Keywords
Reconfigurable Antenna; Beam Steering Antenna; Double Loop; Superposed Beam; Planar Antenna;
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