An electronically switchable leaky wave antenna.

We report an electronically switchable dielectric leaky wave antenna. The main beam angle can be electronically steered using p-i-n diodes. The diodes are used as switches to control the radiation from two sets of gratings with different periods, thereby switching the main beam angle. Beam steering...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation 48, 11 (2000).
Main Author:	Limin Huang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	3.5 GHz. SHF. Beam direction. Beam steering. Dielectric leaky wave antenna. Dielectric loaded antennas. Electronically steered antenna. Electronically switchable leaky wave antenna. Fixed frequency. Gratings. Main beam angle. Main beam angle switching. Measured antenna patterns. Microwave prototype. Millimeter-wave frequencies. Monolithically integrated diodes. P-i-n diodes. Periods. Radiation. Semiconductor waveguide.