Pattern‐Reconfigurable Antenna Using Four‐Elements Planar Bended Dipole Array for <scp>5G</scp> Beam‐Switching Applications
ABSTRACT This article presents a circular array using four‐element dipoles with beam‐switching capabilities for 5G communications. The beam can switch in four directions by controlling the switch states implemented in the arms of each dipole. The different antenna modes lead to different radiation behaviors. The first is a directional behavior containing four radiation modes depending on the dipole fed into the network. The second type of radiation has a double beam pattern according to the two fed dipoles. According to the simulated results, a corresponding overall bandwidth of 932.3 MHz (S 11 < − 10 dB) can be obtained with a peak gain of 3.15 dBi and an overall efficiency of 80%. The proposed antenna is fabricated and measured to verify the simulation results. This low‐cost, efficient, and easy‐to‐design antenna array can be very useful for 5G beam switching applications.
Authors
- Jean Marie Floc'H (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-7990)
- Hatem Rmili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4826-8682)
- Saber Dakhli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-868X)
- Ameni Mersani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5284-6185)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (FR)
- Laboratoire de Génie Électrique et Électronique de Paris (FR)
- Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique (FR)
- CentraleSupélec (FR)
- École Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de Technologies (TN)
- National Engineering School of Tunis (TN)
- Tunis El Manar University (TN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Engineering Reports
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.70086
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.99