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Polarization Agile Antenna for Underwater Communication Using Integrated Power Divider and Phase Shifter

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This paper presents a polarization agile antenna design that can be helpful for underwater communication, using the integrated structure of power divider and phase shifter to feed a square patch antenna. The purpose of this research is to discover new ways of communication by developing a polarization agile antenna, integrated feeding structure that can generate two equal-amplitude signals with fast phase switching between \(90^{\circ }\) and \(270^{\circ }\), realizing the agility control for the dual circular polarization of the square patch antenna. Compared with the traditional polarization-agile antennas with the individual power divider and phase shifter networks, the proposed design has the advantages of good amplitude, phase and polarization imbalance performances, a simple control circuit, low insertion loss, and compact design which proves it to be best underwater communication.

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This research and publication were by Higher Education Commission Grant (# 6876) titled National Research Program for Universities (NRPU).

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  1. Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Badar Muneer, Zahid Ali & Faisal Karim Shaikh

  2. Department of Electronics Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry & Hima Zafar

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Muneer, B., Chowdhry, B.S., Zafar, H. et al. Polarization Agile Antenna for Underwater Communication Using Integrated Power Divider and Phase Shifter. Wireless Pers Commun 116, 1137–1149 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07034-6

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