A Design of Dual-Polarized Composite Patch-Monopole Antenna With Reconfigurable Radiation Pattern

Abstract

This paper describes a design of dual-polarized composite patch-monopole antenna with reconfigurable radiation pattern. The design consists of a double differential-feed patch loaded with four vertical monopoles symmetrically. The monopoles are connected to or disconnected from the ground plane (GND) by changing the ON/OFF states of p-i-n diodes. By adjusting the connections between the monopoles and GND, the pattern reconfigurability (i.e., one widebeam and three narrow-beam modes) can be achieved for each polarization. The proposed antenna can switch the beam in two dimensions separately $(xz-$ and $yz-$ plane). The proposed antenna is characterized computationally and validated experimentally. The measurements result in an overlapping 10-dB return-loss bandwidth of $2.40 - 2.51$ GHz and a port-to-port isolation ≥20 dB in all the modes. In the far field, the prototype can deploy switched beam flexibility. Its radiation characteristics are confirmed by the far-field measurements, which shows the reconfigurable patterns for both polarizations.

Keywords

• Composite patch-monopole
• reconfigurable pattern
• dual-polarization
• p-i-n diode switch