{"title":"An 11-GHz multi-beam dielectric rod antenna using non-planar array approach","authors":"M. Rousstia, A. Reniers, M. Herben","doi":"10.1109/EUCAP.2014.6902116","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A non-planar dielectric rod antenna array with operation frequency of 11.2 GHz is proposed, designed, and measured. This antenna array is combined with a RF-MEMS switch to realize the switched-beam performance. Moreover, this antenna array exhibits a uniform performance for different scan angles. The antenna characterization and measurement with the RF-MEMS switch have been done. The measured antenna pattern in the anechoic chamber is in a good agreement with the simulated antenna structure. At 11.2 GHz, the measured antenna has ~17.2 dBi realized gain, 22° beamwidth, and 7.3% bandwidth (i.e 800 MHz). The measured isolation between adjacent antenna elements is -40 dB.","PeriodicalId":22362,"journal":{"name":"The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014)","volume":"38 1","pages":"1697-1701"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUCAP.2014.6902116","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A non-planar dielectric rod antenna array with operation frequency of 11.2 GHz is proposed, designed, and measured. This antenna array is combined with a RF-MEMS switch to realize the switched-beam performance. Moreover, this antenna array exhibits a uniform performance for different scan angles. The antenna characterization and measurement with the RF-MEMS switch have been done. The measured antenna pattern in the anechoic chamber is in a good agreement with the simulated antenna structure. At 11.2 GHz, the measured antenna has ~17.2 dBi realized gain, 22° beamwidth, and 7.3% bandwidth (i.e 800 MHz). The measured isolation between adjacent antenna elements is -40 dB.