Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna

The design and fabrication of a coupler with three reconfigurable output ports have been proposed. The output ports of the proposed coupler can be adjusted by varying the number of shorting pins. An antenna with a reconfigurable beamwidth has been also involved in this paper. The proposed antenna ha...

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Main Authors: Dong-Woo Kim, Soon-Soo Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3490171
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description The design and fabrication of a coupler with three reconfigurable output ports have been proposed. The output ports of the proposed coupler can be adjusted by varying the number of shorting pins. An antenna with a reconfigurable beamwidth has been also involved in this paper. The proposed antenna has a coupler and a 1 × 3 array rectangular patch. The beamwidth is set by the number of output ports. The simulation and experiment show the verification of the proposed coupler and beamwidth variation of array antenna. The broadest measured beamwidth was 66.2° and the sharpest measured beamwidth was 24.1°.
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spelling doaj-art-fb6fd08ac71643da906c069546fd3e3a2025-08-20T02:22:55ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772017-01-01201710.1155/2017/34901713490171Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable AntennaDong-Woo Kim0Soon-Soo Oh1Electronic Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundae-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Republic of KoreaElectronic Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundae-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Republic of KoreaThe design and fabrication of a coupler with three reconfigurable output ports have been proposed. The output ports of the proposed coupler can be adjusted by varying the number of shorting pins. An antenna with a reconfigurable beamwidth has been also involved in this paper. The proposed antenna has a coupler and a 1 × 3 array rectangular patch. The beamwidth is set by the number of output ports. The simulation and experiment show the verification of the proposed coupler and beamwidth variation of array antenna. The broadest measured beamwidth was 66.2° and the sharpest measured beamwidth was 24.1°.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3490171
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Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
title_full Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
title_fullStr Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
title_full_unstemmed Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
title_short Design of a Coupler with Three Reconfigurable Output Ports and a Beamwidth Reconfigurable Antenna
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