Research Article

A Planar Reconfigurable Radiation Pattern Dipole Antenna with Reflectors and Directors for Wireless Communication Applications

Table 2

Mode configurations by switches on/off conditions.

ModeConfigurationStateSwitch 1Switch 2Switch 3Switch 4

Mode 1All dipoles and directors are activated.S1OnOnOnOn

Mode 2Only dipole 1 and director 1 are activated.S21OnOnOffOff
Only dipole 2 and director 2 are activated.S22OffOffOnOn

Mode 3Only dipole 1 is activated.S31OffOnOffOff
Only dipole 2 is activated.S32OffOffOnOff