PATCH ANTENNA WITH RECONFIGURABLE POLARIZATION
Author(s) -
Giuseppina Monti,
Laura Corchia,
Luciano Tarricone
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1937-8718
DOI - 10.2528/pierc09061505
Subject(s) - reconfigurable antenna , patch antenna , polarization (electrochemistry) , microstrip antenna , materials science , antenna (radio) , computer science , coaxial antenna , telecommunications , chemistry
A reconfigurable patch antenna consisting of a square patch with two cross-shaped diagonal slots is presented. The proposed design approach is based on the use of two pairs of switches in order to obtain both frequency and polarization reconfigurability. Specifically, three different polarization states have been obtained: a Right-Hand Circular Polarization, a Left-Hand Circular Polarization and a Linear Polarization. Experimental results, referred to a realization on a FR4 substrate of the layouts corresponding to the useful switch configurations, are reported.
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