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Slant 45° beam steering using a capacitive loaded patch antenna
Author(s) -
Li R. L.,
Fusco V. F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10915
Subject(s) - beam steering , standing wave ratio , capacitive sensing , microstrip antenna , microwave , antenna (radio) , beam (structure) , engineering , patch antenna , microstrip , electrical engineering , antenna array , acoustics , electronic engineering , physics , telecommunications , structural engineering
In this paper we suggest a method for loading a microstrip patch antenna with two capacitive reactances in such a way that beam steering over a restricted range can be obtained. We show that by varying these capacitances we can maintain a reasonable VSWR < 3 while steering the beam over about 45° in a cut positioned at ϕ = 135° (slant −45° linear polarisation). Such an antenna offers the prospect for refinement as an element in a thinned array for use in a base station array. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 37: 352–355, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10915

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