Design of broadband ESPAR antenna using inverted F monopoles

Chao Gu; Steven Gao; Mingtao Zhang; Benito Sanz-Izquierdo; Mohammed Sobhy

doi:10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902147

Design of broadband ESPAR antenna using inverted F monopoles

Chao Gu^*
, Steven Gao
, Mingtao Zhang
, Benito Sanz-Izquierdo
, Mohammed Sobhy

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

A low-cost, low-power smart antenna with broad bandwidth is presented in this paper. To achieve the beamforming, the structure of an electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) is adopted. The proposed ESPAR antenna comprises of a monocone antenna as the driven element at the center of the ground plane surrounded by six inverted F monoples antennas (IFAs) as parasitic elements. IFA antennas are employed for reducing the size and cost of antenna. To realize electronic beam steering, six PIN diodes are loaded at the bottom of the parasitic elements. By switching the PIN diodes, the antenna main beam can be steered in the horizontal plane across a range from 0° from 360°. The main aspects of antenna implementation are interpreted and the simulations results obtained from electromagnetic (EM) field simulation software are presented and discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1814-1817
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9788890701849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902147
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014 - The Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands Duration: 06 Apr 2014 → 11 Apr 2014 http://www.eucap2014.org/

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Name	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014

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Conference	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014
Abbreviated title	EuCAP 2014
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	The Hague
Period	06/04/2014 → 11/04/2014
Internet address	http://www.eucap2014.org/

Keywords

antenna array
beam steering
ESPAR
smart antenna

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gu, C., Gao, S., Zhang, M., Sanz-Izquierdo, B., & Sobhy, M. (2014). Design of broadband ESPAR antenna using inverted F monopoles. In 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014 (pp. 1814-1817). Article 6902147 (8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902147

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Gu, C, Gao, S, Zhang, M, Sanz-Izquierdo, B & Sobhy, M 2014, Design of broadband ESPAR antenna using inverted F monopoles. in 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014., 6902147, 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1814-1817, 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014, The Hague, Netherlands, 06/04/2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902147

Design of broadband ESPAR antenna using inverted F monopoles. / Gu, Chao; Gao, Steven; Zhang, Mingtao et al.
8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 1814-1817 6902147 (8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014).

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