Title
A Microstrip Patch Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) Antenna With Reactance-Tuned Coupling and Maintained Resonance
Abbreviated Journal Title
IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag.
Keywords
Beam steering; microstrip antennas; patch antenna; phased arrays; PLANE; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications
Abstract
A new approach to parasitic phased-array antennas is presented. A symmetric two-layer, single-input inexpensive three-element array at 1-GHz employing varactors as tuning mechanisms are designed, fabricated, and measured. The driven element is mutually coupled to two parasitic elements in the H-plane. The varactors are used to control the mutual coupling and beam scanning and to maintain resonance at 1 GHz. A continuous scanning range of -15 to +15 degrees is measured with maintained impedance matching and radiation pattern integrity. The low cost of diode varactors, used in place of expensive phase shifters, allows for more economic fabrication. This is advantageous to applications in point-to-point communication systems, weather, and target tracking radar systems.
Journal Title
Ieee Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume
60
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
1803
Last Page
1813
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0018-926X
Recommended Citation
"A Microstrip Patch Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) Antenna With Reactance-Tuned Coupling and Maintained Resonance" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2978.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2978
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