Design of Reconfigurable Patch Antenna in Frequency, Pattern, and Switchable Polarization

Authors

  • Yan Zhang 1 School of Electronic and Information Engineering Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
  • Da Sun School of Electronic and Information Engineering Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
  • Tao Dong State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering, Beijing, 100095, China
  • Jie Yin State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering, Beijing, 100095, China

Keywords:

Beam switching, frequency reconfigurable, patch antenna, switchable polarization

Abstract

In this paper, a circularly polarized frequency, pattern, and polarization switching antenna is proposed. The antenna consists of an octagonal patch, a narrow octagonal ring and four diamond-shaped parasitic patches on the top layer. Two feed points of the radiating patch are connected to a Wilkinson power divider loaded with the phase reconfigurable transmission lines on the bottom layer. Reconfiguration of the polarization and pattern is realized by using PIN diodes as switching components. By controlling the bias voltage across the varactors, various narrow frequency bands can be achieved. The proposed antenna operates at a frequency tuning range from 1.96 to 2.03 GHz. The radiation pattern can be switched among five cases in yoz-plane and xoz-plane, with the switchable polarization between left- and right-hand circular polarization. In addition, these three types of reconfiguration can be controlled independently.

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Author Biographies

Yan Zhang, 1 School of Electronic and Information Engineering Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

Yan Zhang received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Laboratory, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), BUAA. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electronics and Information Engineering with BUAA. ZHANG, SUN, DONG, YIN: DESIGN OF RECONFIGURABLE PATCH ANTENNA 1045 He has authored over 40 papers. His research interests include antenna, electromagnetic surface and antenna array. Zhang was the recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award and the Outstanding PostDoctoral Researcher Award presented by BUAA in 2008.

Da Sun, School of Electronic and Information Engineering Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

Da Sun received the degree in Electronics and Information Engineering in 2018. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Electronic Science and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His research interests include antenna, electromagnetic surface and antenna array.

Tao Dong, State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering, Beijing, 100095, China

Tao Dong received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Science and Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He is currently a Professor with State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering. His research interests include antenna, phased array and optoelectronic devices

Jie Yin, State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering, Beijing, 100095, China

Jie Yin received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He is currently a Senior Engineer in State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering. His research interests include free space optical communication, space optical networks and microwave photonics.

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2020-09-01

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Yan Zhang, Da Sun, Tao Dong, and Jie Yin, “Design of Reconfigurable Patch Antenna in Frequency, Pattern, and Switchable Polarization”, ACES Journal, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 1037–1046, Sep. 2020.

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