A pattern-reconfigurable, low-profile, efficient, electrically small, near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP), Huygens source antenna is presented. The design incorporates both electric and magnetic NFRP elements. The electric ones are made reconfigurable by the inclusion of a set of p-i-n diodes. By arranging these electric and magnetic NFRP elements properly, a set of three Huygens sources are attained, each covering a 120 degrees sector. Pattern reconfigurability is obtained by switching the diodes on or off; it encompasses the entire 360 degrees azimuth range. A prototype was fabricated and tested. The numerical and experimental studies are in good agreement. The experimental results indicate that in each of its instantaneous states at f(0) = 1.564 GHz, the antenna provides uniform peak realized gains, front-toback ratios, and radiation efficiencies, respectively, as high as 3.55 dBi, 17.5 dB, and 84.9%, even though it is electrically small: ka = 0.92, and low profile: 0.05 lambda(0).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623142 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Tang, Ming-Chun, Zhou, Boya, Ziolkowski, Richard W. |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Dept Elect & Comp Engn |
| Publisher | IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2017 IEEE. |
| Relation | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7815297/ |
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