Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Huygens Source Antenna with Pattern-Reconfigurability That Covers the Entire Azimuthal Plane

Tang, MC; Zhou, B; Ziolkowski, RW

Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Huygens Source Antenna with Pattern-Reconfigurability That Covers the Entire Azimuthal Plane

Tang, MC Zhou, B Ziolkowski, RW

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Citation:: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2017, 65 (3), pp. 1063 - 1072
Issue Date:: 2017-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tang, MC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ziolkowski, RW https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4256-6902	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2017, 65 (3), pp. 1063 - 1072	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0018-926X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/99760
dc.description.abstract	© 1963-2012 IEEE. 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° sector. Pattern reconfigurability is obtained by switching the diodes on or off; it encompasses the entire 360° 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 = 1.564$ GHz, the antenna provides uniform peak realized gains, front-to-back ratios, and radiation efficiencies, respectively, as high as 3.55 dBi, 17.5 dB, and 84.9%, even though it is electrically small: 0.92 , and low profile.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102219
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/TAP.2016.2647712	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications	en_US
dc.title	Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Huygens Source Antenna with Pattern-Reconfigurability That Covers the Entire Azimuthal Plane	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	65	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	1005 Communications Technologies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	65	en_US

Abstract:

© 1963-2012 IEEE. 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° sector. Pattern reconfigurability is obtained by switching the diodes on or off; it encompasses the entire 360° 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 = 1.564$ GHz, the antenna provides uniform peak realized gains, front-to-back ratios, and radiation efficiencies, respectively, as high as 3.55 dBi, 17.5 dB, and 84.9%, even though it is electrically small: 0.92 , and low profile.

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