Saraswat, Kapil & Harish, A.R.. (2018).

A polarization reconfigurable CPW fed

monopole antenna with L-shaped parasitic element. International Journal of RF and
Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. e21285. 10.1002/mmce.21285. A coplanar
waveguide fed polarization reconfigurable monopole antenna is proposed in this
letter. The proposed antenna consists of L‐shaped stubs placed on either side of a
monopole, two p‐i‐n diodes and a slot in the ground plane. In the proposed antenna
structure, the switching element is not directly connected to the feed line.
Depending on the switching state of the p‐i‐n diodes, the antenna either radiates
left/right circular polarization or linear polarization. To validate the proposed
design, the antenna was fabricated and its performance was measured. Since the
ground plane is electrically small, the effect of the cable and SMA connector on
the performance of the antenna is also investigated. The measured impedance
bandwidth is 66.78% (3.67 GHz to 7.35 GHz) and the axial ratio bandwidth is 13.62%
(4.24‐4.86 GHz) for circular polarization and 23.61% (3.81‐4.83 GHz) impedance
bandwidth for linear polarization.