The invention discloses a
broadband two-dimensional eight-beam switchable annular magnetoelectric
dipole array antenna and a design method thereof, and relates to the technical field of
radio frequency communication, the
broadband two-dimensional eight-beam switchable annular magnetoelectric
dipole array antenna comprises a first four-beam unit and a second four-beam unit which form an eight-beam array antenna; the array antennas in the four-beam unit are all located on the same horizontal plane and arranged on the
dielectric substrates, the array antennas are all in a four-leaf clover shape, the difference between the array antennas and the
dielectric substrates is 45 degrees, and the
metal floor is arranged at the connected bottom ends of the two
dielectric substrates. The short-circuit pin is arranged at the top end of the array antenna blade and sequentially penetrates through the array antenna and the
dielectric substrate to be connected with the
metal floor; and the coaxial inner conductor
metal column is arranged at the junction of the array antenna blades, penetrates through the array antenna, the
dielectric substrate and the metal floor, and is connected with the feed port. The invention provides the
beam switching antenna which is small and exquisite, wider in
coincidence bandwidth during multi-
beam switching and more in switching states.