Design and Simulation of a Ka-Band Pattern Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna

Abstract:

This letter presents a Ka-band(26.5GHz-40GHz) microstrip patch antenna with pattern reconfigurable characteristic. The antenna is provided with five rectangular patches and four RF MEMS (microelectromechanical systems for RF circuits) switches. The central patch and other surrounding patches are connected by the switches. By changing the states of the switches, the antenna can achieve four radiation patterns and it is designed and simulated by using Ansoft HFSS. In addition, the different states are operated at the same centre frequency of 35GHz and the gain of the main radiation direction is about 7.5dB

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 875-877)
• Pages: 1170-1175
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.1170
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Zhong Liang Deng, Han Moran
• Keywords: Ka-Band, MEMS Switch, Microstrip Patch Antenna, Pattern Reconfigurable

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