2009-02-16
Hemisphere Dielectric Resonator Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna and Its Linear Phased Array
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 6, 183-192, 2009
Abstract
A hemisphere dielectric resonator pattern reconfigurable antenna (DRA) is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna element can operate in four states (SI~SIV) and correspondingly reconfigures its patterns in four directions. A thinning linear array by non-uniform spacing with the element is constructed to scan its main beam from θ=-77o to 77o in E-plane with 3-dB beam coverage from θ=-90o to 90o by changing two states and progressive phases.
Citation
Zhuofu Ding, Shao-Qiu Xiao, Yanying Bai, and Bing-Zhong Wang, "Hemisphere Dielectric Resonator Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna and Its Linear Phased Array," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 6, 183-192, 2009.
doi:10.2528/PIERL09011309
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