A Survey on Beam Steering Techniques in Printed Antennas

Authors

  • Muhammad Irshad Khan University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Kohat Campus, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Anab University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Kohat Campus, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Kabir Khan Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.
  • Saeed Ur Rahman Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
  • Aamir Sultan National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v9i2.21691

Keywords:

Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam Steering Antennas, Directivity, Gain,

Abstract


Beam steering antennas is essential part of various WCN (Wireless Communication Networks) such as radar and satellite communication. The increasing demand of high data rate, high SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) and high gain, therefore pattern reconfigurable antennas are required to improve such properties. Beam steering is the technique of changing the main lobe direction of radiation. The constructive and distractive interference are used to steer the lobe in specific direction. Beam steering is necessary in various communications such as localization, satellite, tracking system and airborne application. Beam steering antenna decreases interference and power consumption and also increases directivity and gain. Beam steering antenna transmit and receive signals in specific direction. Beam steering antenna decreases interference and power consumption and also increases directivity and gain. The researchers are interested to find optimal beam steering solution for single and multi-point application. In past various techniques are used to achieve beam reconfigurable antennas. This paper presents, beam steering principle and their theory, beam steering techniques such as; Mechanical Steering, Beamforming, Switching Pin Diodes, Reflector and array antenna (Reflectarray), Parasitic Steering, Phase Shifters, Switched Beam Antennas, Metamaterial Antennas, Traveling Wave Antennas, Retro-directive Antennas, Integrated Lens Antennas (ILAS), merits and demerits and comparison among various techniques.

Author Biographies

Muhammad Irshad Khan, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Kohat Campus, Pakistan

Muhammad Irshad Khan received the B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Electronic engineering from the Comsats Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad, Pakistan and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical engineering from the Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016. He is currently pursuing

the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering under the supervision of Dr. M. I. Khattak from the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. His research interests include microwave and RF circuit design. UWB antenna design and analysis, MIMO antennas, Beam steering antennas and reconfigurable antenna design.

Muhammad Anab, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Kohat Campus, Pakistan.

Muhammad Anab is working as Lab. Engineer in the Department of Electrical Engineering in University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar. He received his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar in 2016 and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical engineering from the same University in 2019. He is also a member of ìMicrowave and Antenna Research Groupî supervised by Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khattak and his research interests include DRA antenna design and analysis for 5G Applications, 5G Microstrip patch Antenna design and Graphene Based Terahertz antennas.

Muhammad Kabir Khan, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.

Muhammad Kabir Khan

School of Information Science & Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.

kabirnawab@gmail.com

Saeed Ur Rahman, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

Saeed-Ur-Rahman

College of Electronic & Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

saeed@nuaa.edu.cn

Aamir Sultan, National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad.

Aamir Sultan

College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad.

asultan17@ee.ceme.edu.pk

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Khan, M. I., Anab, M., Khan, M. K., Rahman, S. U., & Sultan, A. (2021). A Survey on Beam Steering Techniques in Printed Antennas. International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES), 9(2), pp. 4–19. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v9i2.21691

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021)

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Papers

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