Wideband Quad-Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna Using Switchable Feed Network With Stable Unidirectional Radiation Patterns | Zendy

Xiaoxiang Ding | Zendy; Zhiqin Zhao | Zendy; Yaohui Yang | Zendy; Zaiping Nie | Zendy; Qing Huo Liu | Zendy

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Wideband Quad-Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna Using Switchable Feed Network With Stable Unidirectional Radiation Patterns

Author(s) -

Xiaoxiang Ding,

Zhiqin Zhao,

Yaohui Yang,

Zaiping Nie,

Qing Huo Liu

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587

H-Index - 127

ISSN - 2169-3536

DOI - 10.1109/access.2018.2884232

Subject(s) - aerospace , bioengineering , communication, networking and broadcast technologies , components, circuits, devices and systems , computing and processing , engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , engineering profession , fields, waves and electromagnetics , general topics for engineers , geoscience , nuclear engineering , photonics and electrooptics , power, energy and industry applications , robotics and control systems , signal processing and analysis , transportation

A wideband antenna with quad-polarization reconfigurable operation is proposed. It consists of a crossed tri-port feed linearly polarized (LP) radiation structure and a switchable feed network. A dual-port LP element with wideband characteristic and good port isolation is first introduced. The inherent 180° phase difference (PD) between two feed ports vastly simplifies the complexity of the design and improves the efficiency of the feed network. By assembling two grooved LP elements, the crossed tri-port feed radiation structure is formed. Meanwhile, a wideband 90° phase shifter and an unequal Wilkinson power divider are applied in designing the switchable feed network. Through controlling the PIN diodes implanted in the feed line, four working modes with equal amplitude and reconfigurable PD (0° or 90°) are achieved. Based on this, the desired quad-polarization reconfiguration, including two orthogonal linear polarization (LP) states and two orthogonal circular polarization (CP) states, is realized. Measured results show that the proposed antenna has a wide overlapped operation impedance bandwidth of 84.5%, ranging from 1.36 ~ 3.35 GHz, for all polarization states within a compact volume. The measured 3-dB AR bandwidth is 100%, covering the operation impedance frequency range. Radiation patterns exhibit unidirectional and stable quality from the point view of beam slant and split. Besides, a peak efficiency of 75% and a peak gain of 7.8 dBi are achieved.

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