Mechanical Beam Steering Circular Patch Antenna
Author(s) -
I. F. da Costa,
H.R.D. Filgueiras,
James R. Kelly,
Arismar Cerqueira S.,
Pei Xiao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
2022 16th european conference on antennas and propagation (eucap)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1049/cp.2018.0401
Subject(s) - beam steering , azimuth , radiator (engine cooling) , beam (structure) , periscope antenna , reflector (photography) , antenna (radio) , microstrip antenna , acoustics , optics , patch antenna , engineering , physics , electrical engineering , light source
This work reports preliminary results and a prototype of an innovative mechanical beam steering circular patch antenna for 5G indoor cellular access networks with sub6 GHz operation. The beam steering is achieved using 18 screws installed around the circular patch radiator, working as a reflector by proper managing the screws position and height. The new antenna can steer its main beam over 360o in azimuth plane and from -30o to 30o in the elevation plane with gain up to 8.01 dBi at 4.6 GHz.
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