期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
卷 65, 期 5, 页码 2196-2207出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2677258
关键词
Bistable laminate; morphing; pattern reconfigurable; quasi-Yagi antenna
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11372087]
- Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [11421091]
- Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China
In this paper, a novel pattern reconfigurable antenna based on morphing bistable composite laminates is presented. The bistable asymmetric glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite laminates have two stable configurations with curvatures of opposite signs. The antenna pattern is reconfigured by transforming the configuration of the bistable GFRP laminate which acts as the substrate of the antenna. The coplanar waveguide transmission lines feeding technique is used for the microstrip quasi-Yagi antenna. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated using a semi-automatic screen printer and an autoclave. The transformation between the two stable states of the proposed antenna using Ni/Ti shape memory alloy springs is investigated experimentally. The out-ofplane displacements, reflection coefficients and radiation patterns for the two stable configurations of the antenna are measured, which agree well with the simulated results. The main beam direction is 89 degrees and 59 degrees for the two stable configurations, respectively. In addition, the influences of various bending radii on the radiation patterns are investigated to gain a thorough understanding of the reconfigurable mechanism of the proposed antenna. Finally, a two-element array of such an antenna is presented and measured. The proposed antenna provides a potential application in multifunctional, conformal, morphing, and integrated structures.
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