Presentation-Design of A Directly-Fed Pattern Reconfigurable Patch Antenna and Its Array Performance
Presentation-Design of A Directly-Fed Pattern Reconfigurable Patch Antenna and Its Array Performance
Working principle
02 • Operating frequency & Impedance matching
Results
03
• Element & Array
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Background & Scientific Problems
Applications of PRA
Classification of PRA
1 2
1 2
3 4 3 4
Top Top
2 3
1
Bottom Bottom
[1] [2] [3]
Drawbacks: Large size; Multiple radiators; Complex feeding networks (for pattern switching)
[1] Z. Hao, H. Wang, and W. Hong, “A novel planar reconfigurable monopulse antenna for indoor smart wireless access points’ application,” IEEE TAP, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1250–1261, Apr. 2016.
[2] H. C. Sun, X. Ge, W. He, and L. Y. Zhao, “A reconfigurable antenna with sum and difference patterns for WLAN access points,” IEEE AWPL, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 1073–1077, Jul. 2020.
[3] S.-A. Malakooti and C. Fumeaux, “Pattern-reconfigurable antenna with switchable wideband to frequency-agile bandpass/bandstop filtering operation,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, 2019. 4/14
Background & Scientific Problems
TM30
TM20
TM20 TM40
TM01 TM21
Drawbacks: Feeding network; Multilayer; Complex feeding structure (for impedance matching)
[4] X. Ding, Y.-F. Cheng, W. Shao, and B.-Z. Wang, “A wide-angle scanning phased array with microstrip patch mode reconfiguration technique,” IEEE TAP, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 4548–4555, Sep. 201
[5] K.-D. Hong, X. Zhang, L. Zhu, and T. Yuan, “A high-gain and pattern reconfigurable patch antenna under operation of TM20 and TM21 modes,” IEEE OJAP, vol. 2, pp. 646–653, 2021.
[6] H.Yu, Y. Jiao,D.Li, and Z.Weng, “A TM30-/TM40-mode pattern- reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna for wide beam coverage,” IEEE TAP, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7121–7126, Nov. 2019. 5/15
Motivation
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Outline
Working principle
02 • Operating frequency & Impedance matching
03 Results
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Working principle
Overview
fTM01 z Why?
y Shorting pin
|S11| Stub
x
Frequency Co-Frequency
z
y
Feed h Operation
x
lp
h
TM01 z
y
Slot
x
fTM02
|S11|
Feed
h
z
Frequency
or When? Impedance
Feed z
y Stub
x
x
y Matching at the
lp
Feed
Same Position
h
h
TM02
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Working principle
Frequency (GHz)
x
Co-Frequency
h 2.0
YL YR 0.8
í lp / 2 í dy 0 dy lp / 2 y 0.7
0.6
hr
0.4
Yin ( f ) YL YR Pr
r 0.2
Pr Pc Pd Pdiode
Im(Yin ) 0 0.0
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Working principle
Design guideline
Goad 1: Co-Frequency Operation Goal 2: No Feeding Network
1 2 3 4
Determine Determine Determine Impedance
Wp and Lp Ws and Ls D, dx, and dy matching
D
Wp Ws dy
Ls
Lp dx
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Outline
02 Working principle
Results
03
• Element & Array
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Results
-30
Offset<1% -20
-10 240 120 240 120
-30
0 210 150 210 150
OFF-state (Sim.) 180 180
-40 ON-state (Sim.) Vdc OFF-state ON-state
Vdc
OFF-state (Mea.)
ON-state (Mea.) Vgnd
dBi 0 0
-50 330 30 330 30
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 0
Frequency (GHz) -10 300 60 300 60
-20
-30
Co-frequency Impedance matching -40 270 90 270 90
-30
0
-20
-10 240 120 240 120
-10 Example B 0 210 150 210 150
180 180
OFF-state ON-state
-20 Vdc V
|S11| (dB)
Vgnddc
Maximum Realized Gain
-30
OFF-state (Sim.)
Antenna Example A Example B
-40 ON-state (Sim.) Offset<1% State OFF ON OFF ON
Vdc Vdc
OFF-state (Mea.)
ON-state (Mea.) Vgnd Simulated (dBi) 10.6 6.5 10.1 6.7
-50
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Frequency (GHz)
Measured (dBi) 9.6 5.6 8.7 5.3
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Results
Array performance
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OFF state
y 10
x
z
Gain (dBi)
5
Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 180 mm
1.47 λ0) 0
61 mm -5
(0.50 λ0)
335 mm (2.74 λ0) -10
-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
Theta (°)
S11 S21 S31 S41 S22 S32 S42 S33 S43 S44 12 20
10 16 10 12 ON state
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0 0
S parameters (dB)
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Design of a Directly-Fed Pattern Reconfigurable Patch
Antenna and Its Array Performance
Thanks!
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