A reconfigurable beam shape and broadside radiation pattern microstrip antenna is introduced in this paper. The antenna's radiating surface is designed using a radial line slot array (RLSA) arrangement, which is fed from an aperture coupled structure. This novel feeding structure for an RLSA antenna incorporates PIN diode switches which are integrated with the feed line structure to enable the various outcomes of the radiation patterns. The circular arrangement of slots at the radiating surface contributes to the reduction in size of the proposed antenna compared to conventional microstrip antenna that can yield the same antenna gain. The proposed antenna design operates at 2.3 GHz frequency band and has a maximum gain of 14.64 dB. It also produces a broadside radiation pattern with a wider beamwidth covering from −85° to 85° compared to the conventional microstrip antenna which could only cover from −50° to 50°. The proposed antenna has an enormous potential for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communication, WiMAX, and radar application.
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A radial line slot antenna (RLSA) is a slotted waveguide planar array proposed for DBS subscriber antennas. Predicted conductor loss of RLSA is almost negligible. A single-layered RLSA (SL-RLSA) has the simplest structure. This article presents a wide band linearly polarized beam squinted radial line slot array (RLSA) antenna at 5.8-GHz band. The open ended air gap technique was used to broader the bandwidth, reduce the antenna size but maintain the high-performance characteristic.