Pilot Tone Actuated Antenna Array Pattern Reconfiguration

• Published in: IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 629 - 633
• Main Authors: Fusco, Vincent, Zelenchuk, Dmitry E., Buchanan, Neil B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.02.2014; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antennas; Applied sciences; Arrays; Beams (radiation); Carriers; Delays; Educational institutions; Exact sciences and technology; Far fields; far-field pattern control; IF beam-steering; mixing; Pilots; Radio frequency; Radiocommunications; Receiving antennas; Reconfiguration; self-focussing; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Tuning; Microstrip antenna arrays; far-field pattern control; mixing; Printed antenna; self-focussing; Far field; Timbre; Beam steering; Antenna factor; IF beam-steering; Tuning frequency; Radiation pattern; Reconfigurable architectures; Localization; Receiving antenna; Antenna array

A new strategy for remote reconfiguration of an antenna array far field radiation pattern is described. The scheme uses a pilot tone co-transmitted with a carrier signal from a location distant from that of a receive antenna array whose far field pattern is to be reconfigured. By mixing the co-trans...