TY - JOUR
T1 - An Electronically Controlled 8-Element Switched Beam Planar Array
AU - Sharawi, Mohammad S.
AU - Deif, Sameir
AU - Shamim, Atif
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) through the Science & Technology Unit at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) through Project 11-ELE2150-04 as part of National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP).
PY - 2015/2/24
Y1 - 2015/2/24
N2 - An 8-element planar antenna array with electronically controlled switchable-beam pattern is proposed. The planar antenna array consists of patch elements and operates in the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The array is integrated with a digitally controlled feed network that provides the required phases to generate 8 fixed beams covering most of the upper hemisphere of the array. Unlike typical switchable beam antenna arrays, which operate only in one plane, the proposed design is the first to provide full 3D switchable beams with simple control. Only a 3-bit digital word is required for the generation of the 8 different beams. The integrated array is designed on a 3-layer PCB on a Taconic substrate (RF60A). The total dimensions of the fabricated array are 187.1 × 261.3 × 1.3mm$^{3}$.
AB - An 8-element planar antenna array with electronically controlled switchable-beam pattern is proposed. The planar antenna array consists of patch elements and operates in the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The array is integrated with a digitally controlled feed network that provides the required phases to generate 8 fixed beams covering most of the upper hemisphere of the array. Unlike typical switchable beam antenna arrays, which operate only in one plane, the proposed design is the first to provide full 3D switchable beams with simple control. Only a 3-bit digital word is required for the generation of the 8 different beams. The integrated array is designed on a 3-layer PCB on a Taconic substrate (RF60A). The total dimensions of the fabricated array are 187.1 × 261.3 × 1.3mm$^{3}$.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622514
UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7047705/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84933516328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LAWP.2015.2405331
DO - 10.1109/LAWP.2015.2405331
M3 - Article
SN - 1536-1225
VL - 14
SP - 1350
EP - 1353
JO - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
JF - IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
ER -