This paper presents a wide-angle scanning multibeam Planar Inverted-E Antenna (PIEA) array for V2X communication. The compact 4-element PIEA array is designed with 0.3o spacing, which achieves 900 wide-angle scanning when a 135 phase shift is applied obtained using a 4x4 Butler Matrix (BM). The closeness of the array elements causes high mutual cou...
La complexité des systèmes RF intégrés pour les applications sans fil grand public s’accroit, et exige de revisiter l’intégration des circuits passifs RF et microondes. De nouvelles solutions offrant plus de compacité et de performance doivent être recherchées, avec un coût de fabrication qui doit rester faible. Parmi celles-ci, une filière technol...
La complexité des systèmes RF intégrés pour les applications sans fil grand public s’accroit, et exige de revisiter l’intégration des circuits passifs RF et microondes. De nouvelles solutions offrant plus de compacité et de performance doivent être recherchées, avec un coût de fabrication qui doit rester faible. Parmi celles-ci, une filière technol...
Published in Applied Magnetic Resonance
The theoretically known degeneracy condition of the band-pass birdcage coil has rarely been exploited in transmit coil designs. We have created an eight-channel degenerate birdcage for the human limbs at 7 T, with dedicated Tx/Rx switches and a Butler matrix. The coil can be split into two half cylinders, as required for its application to patients...
Millimeter wave radar systems offer several advantages such as the combination of high resolution and the penetration of adverse atmosphere like smoke, dust or rain. This paper presents a monolithic millimeter wave integrated circuit (MMIC) transmitter which offers four channel beam steering capabilities and can be used as a radar or communication ...
Published in Wireless Personal Communications
In this paper, a new design of 4×4\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$4\times 4$$\end{document} ultra wideband (UWB) Butler Matrix for switched beam array i...
Published in Wireless Personal Communications
A design of 3 dB compact ultra wideband (UWB) coupler for a 4 × 4 Butler Matrix, which is operating between 3 and 11 GHz frequency range, is presented in this paper. The proposed design uses multilayer technology that allows having a compact and broad bandwidth coupler. The design uses elliptically shaped broadside coupled strips and a slot created...
Multibeam antennas have become a key element in nowadays wireless communication systems where increased channel capacity, improved transmission quality with minimum interference and multipath phenomena are severe design constraints. These antennas are classified in two main categories namely adaptive smart antennas and switched-beam antennas. Switc...
