"directive antennas"

Electronically Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna for IoT Applications

In this paper, an electronically pattern reconfigurable antenna for Internet of Things (IoT) applications is presented. The antenna consists of 4 wire-patches sharing the same ground plane. This radiating element can switch between four end-fire …

Slot-based Pattern Reconfigurable ESPAR Antenna for IoT Applications

In this paper, a slot-based electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna suitable for Internetof-Things (IoT) applications is proposed. The antenna can provide 12 directive and 2 slightly different omnidirectional radiation …

On Methods to Determine Bounds on the $Q$ -Factor for a Given Directivity

This paper revisit and extend the interesting case of bounds on the Q-factor for a given directivity for a small antenna of arbitrary shape. A higher directivity in a small antenna is closely connected with a narrow impedance bandwidth. The relation …

Improving Energy Efficiency of Mobile WSN Using Reconfigurable Directional Antennas

Reconfigurable directional antennas (RDA) bring new opportunities to reduce data collision in wireless sensor networks (WSN). In this letter, a new reconfigurable directional antenna-based receiver-Initiated cycled receiver (RDA-RICER) medium access …

Super-directive parasitic element antenna for spatial filtering applications

A super-directive parasitic element system, with a diameter of the minimum sphere circumscribing the antenna equal to 0.2λ0, is simulated and measured. A maximum directivity of 7.2 dBi is measured with a radiation efficiency of -6.5 dB at 876MHz. An …

Transmision line based approach for the synthesis of pattern reconfigurable antennas

A design approach based on transmission line theory for the synthesis of pattern reconfigurable antennas is presented. It allows the design of a single input port parasitic elements antenna fulfilling user-defined requirements on a target radiation …

Synthesis of miniature pattern-reconfigurable antennas for smart wireless sensor nodes

This paper presents an approach for the synthesis of pattern-reconfigurable antenna suitable for integration into smart wireless sensor nodes. As a proof-of-concept, a simple antenna configuration capable of steering the radiation main beam towards …