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Abstract

A novel radiation pattern and frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna is introduced in this paper. This antenna is designed on a thin substrate for the application of conformal phased antenna future. The proposed antenna make the operating frequency range 6 times larger than that of a simple rectangular microstrip antenna, and make the beam covering from -70^。∼70^。 compared with the traditional rectangular microstrip antenna beam which only covers -50^。∼50^。. It is potential on the application of wide-band and wideangle.

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Dr. Jun Ou Yang