ELECTRONIC BEAM-STEERING USING SWITCHED PARASITIC PATCH ELEMENTS

Authors
PRESTON SL THIEL DV LU JW OKEEFE SG BIRD TS
Citation
Sl. Preston et al., ELECTRONIC BEAM-STEERING USING SWITCHED PARASITIC PATCH ELEMENTS, Electronics Letters, 33(1), 1997, pp. 7-8
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
7 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:1<7:EBUSPP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A new technique is presented demonstrating the use of switched parasit ic elements in electronic beam steering applications. Experimental and theoretical results are presented for a linearly polarised five eleme nt steerable patch antenna array operating at 1.55 GHz, Shorted parasi tic elements have been used to steer the beam in two directions for tr acking polar orbiting satellites, The minimum gain of the system for e levation angles >20 degrees above the horizon is -1.5 dBi in the forwa rd direction.