Research Article

Pattern Reconfigurable Wideband Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna for 60 GHz Band

Table 3

Measured and simulated patterns parameters.

Switch⁢Position (degree)
Meas. Sim.
Realized gain (dB)
Meas. Sim.
⁢Beam width (degree)
Meas. Sim.
Az. El. Az. El.

No pins (reference antenna) 0 0 7 9 7.8 8.4 57 59 55 57

AB (H-plane shift sample) 14 10 7 9 6.7 7.4 72 73 59 61

AD (E-plane shift sample) 0 0 19 20 6.6 7.3 75 77 58 62

D (D-plane shift sample) 2 9 8 9 7.1 8.0 60 67 64 67