scholarly journals Performance Improvement of Substrate Integrated Cavity Fed Dipole Array Antenna Using ENZ Metamaterial for 5G Applications

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Shaza El-Nady ◽  
Rania R. Elsharkawy ◽  
Asmaa I. Afifi ◽  
Anwer S. Abd El-Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Radiated Power ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Unit Cells

This paper exhibits a high-gain, low-profile dipole antenna array (DAA) for 5G applications. The dipole element has a semi-triangular shape to realize a simple input impedance regime. To reduce the overall antenna size, a substrate integrated cavity (SIC) is adopted as a power splitter feeding network. The transition between the SIC and the antenna element is achieved by a grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) to increase the degree of freedom of impedance matching. Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metamaterial technique is exploited for gain enhancement. The ENZ metamaterial unit cells of meander shape are placed in front of each dipole perpendicularly to guide the radiated power into the broadside direction. The prospective antenna has an overall size of 2.58 λg3 and operates from 28.5 GHz up to 30.5 GHz. The gain is improved by 5 dB compared to that of the antenna without ENZ unit cells, reaching 11 dBi at the center frequency of 29.5 GHz. Measured and simulated results show a reasonable agreement.

Coplanar waveguide-fed ISM band implantable crossed-type triangular slot antenna for biomedical applications

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasan Ashok Kumar ◽  
Thangavelu Shanmuganantham
Keyword(s):  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Biomedical Application ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Ism Band ◽  
High Data ◽  
Implantable Antenna

A novel coplanar waveguide fed Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band implantable crossed-type triangular slot antenna is proposed for biomedical applications. The antenna operates at the center frequency of 2450 MHz, which is in ISM band, to support GHz wideband communication for high-data rate implantable biomedical application. The size of the antenna is 78 mm3 (10 mm × 12 mm × 0.65 mm). The simulated and measured bandwidths are 7.9 and 8.2% at the resonant frequency of 2.45 GHz. The specific absorption rate distribution induced by the implantable antenna inside a human body tissue model is evaluated. The communication between the implanted antenna and external device is also examined. The proposed antenna has substantial merits such as miniaturization, lower return loss, better impedance matching, and high gain over other implanted antennas.

scholarly journals Millimeter Wave Fabry-Perot Resonator Antenna Fed by CPW with High Gain and Broadband

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue-Xia Yang ◽  
Guan-Nan Tan ◽  
Bing Han ◽  
Hai-Gao Xue
Keyword(s):  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Gain Bandwidth ◽  
Broad Bandwidth ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Fabry Perot

A novel millimeter wave coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed Fabry-Perot (F-P) antenna with high gain, broad bandwidth, and low profile is reported. The partially reflective surface (PRS) and the ground form the F-P resonator cavity, which is filled with the same dielectric substrate. A dual rhombic slot loop on the ground acts as the primary feeding antenna, which is fed by the CPW and has broad bandwidth. In order to improve the antenna gain, metal vias are inserted surrounding the F-P cavity. A CPW-to-microstrip transition is designed to measure the performances of the antenna and extend the applications. The measured impedance bandwidth ofS11less than −10 dB is from 34 to 37.7 GHz (10.5%), and the gain is 15.4 dBi at the center frequency of 35 GHz with a 3 dB gain bandwidth of 7.1%. This performance of the antenna shows a tradeoff among gain, bandwidth, and profile.

scholarly journals A Compact Triple Band EBG Using Interdigital Coplanar Waveguide Structure for Antenna Gain Enhancement

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Prapoch Jirasakulporn ◽  
Pongsathorn Chomtong ◽  
Kamorn Bandudej ◽  
Prayoot Akkaraekthalin
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Unit Cell Dimension ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Triple Band

A new triple band EBG unit cell with compact size has been designed, fabricated, and tested. The proposed EBG unit cell is based on a square mushroom-like EBG (M-EBG) structure with an interdigital coplanar waveguide (ICPW). With this technique, the size of the proposed ICPW-EBG structure has been reduced from λ/2 to λ/4 compared with the conventional M-EBG unit cell dimension, which is 18 × 18 mm2. The proposed unit cell was designed in order to respond for three frequency bands at 1.8 GHz, 2.45 GHz, and 3.7 GHz. An array of 10 × 10 unit cell was also designed as a reflector with an overall dimension of 181.8 × 181.8 mm2. The dipole antennas were implemented over the designed reflector with a short distance of λ/8 to radiate electromagnetic wave. The simulation results showed that the ICPW-EBG reflector can improve directivity of the dipole antenna to be 9.12 dB at 1.8 GHz, 9.02 dB at 2.45 GHz, and 8.40 dB at 3.7 GHz. The measurement directivities agreed well with simulation results including 8.72 dB at 1.8 GHz, 8.56 dB at 2.4 GHz, and 8.1 dB at 3.7 GHz. This is the first design of triple band EBG unit cell with 50% size reduction compared with the conventional structure at the same frequency. The designed ICPW-EBG reflector with dipole antenna results in the triple band operation, low-profile and high gain suitable for modern wireless communication systems.

scholarly journals Double Meander Dipole Antenna Array with Enhanced Bandwidth and Gain

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Halgurd N. Awl ◽  
Rashad H. Mahmud ◽  
Bakhtiar A. Karim ◽  
Yadgar I. Abdulkarim ◽  
Muharrem Karaaslan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Operating Frequency ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Wide Bandwidth ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Operating Frequency Range

In this paper, a new design of high gain and wide bandwidth microstrip patch antenna array containing double meander dipole structure is proposed. Two in-phase resonant frequencies in the Ku-band (12–18 GHz) could be achieved in the double meander dipole array structure, which lead to enhance impedance bandwidth without costing extra design section. Besides, further enhanced gain of 2 dBi of the array over the entire operating frequency range has been achieved by introducing a double-layer substrate technique. The proposed antenna has been fabricated using the E33 model LPKF prototyping PCB machine. The measurement results have been performed, and they are in very good agreement with the simulation results. The measured –10 dB impedance bandwidth indicates that the array provides a very wide bandwidth which is around 30% at the center frequency of 15.5 GHz. A stable gain with a peak value of 10 dBi is achieved over the operating frequency range. The E- and H-plane radiation patterns are simulated, and a very low sidelobe level is predicted. The proposed antenna is simple and has relatively low-profile, and it could be a good candidate for millimeter wave communications.

scholarly journals Elliptically polarized frequency agile antenna on ferroelectric substrate

2019 ◽  
pp. 229-233
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Elliptical Polarization ◽  
Signal Line ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Frequency Agile ◽  
Frequency Tunable ◽  
Elliptically Polarized

A low-profile, compact and frequency-tunable antenna made on ferroelectric substrate is presented. It is designed as a planar dipole antenna with an IDC varactor integrated in the signal line. Antenna is fed through a coplanar waveguide matched to 50 Ω. The center frequency can be tuned from 6.895 GHz to 7.050 GHz. It exhibits elliptical polarization and omnidirectional radiation pattern.

scholarly journals Performance Investigations of Quasi-Yagi Loop and Dipole Antennas on Silicon Substrate for 94 GHz Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama M. Haraz ◽  
Mohamed Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Najeeb Al-Khalli ◽  
Saleh Alshebeili ◽  
Abdel Razik Sebak
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Substrate ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Dipole Antennas ◽  
Printed Antennas ◽  
W Band ◽  
Yagi Antenna ◽  
Feeding Structure

This paper introduces the design and implementation of two high gain Quasi-Yagi printed antennas developed on silicon substrate for 94 GHz imaging applications. The proposed antennas are based on either driven loop or dipole antennas fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding structure. For better matching with the driven antennas, a matching section has been added between the CPW feedline and the driven antenna element. To improve the gain of either loop or dipole antennas, a ground reflector and parasitic director elements have been added. Two Quasi-Yagi antenna prototypes based on loop and dipole antenna elements have been fabricated and experimentally tested using W-band probing station (75–110 GHz). The measured results show good agreement with simulated results and confirm that the proposed antennas are working. In addition, a feed and matching configuration is proposed to enable coupling a microbolometer element to the proposed Quasi-Yagi antenna designs for performing radiation pattern measurements.

scholarly journals High-gain cavity backed patch antenna arrays at 140 GHz based on LTCC technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (08) ◽  
pp. 829-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihang Qi ◽  
Xiuping Li ◽  
Jinjin Chu ◽  
Jun Xiao ◽  
Hua Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Arrays ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Ceramic Technology ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Maximum Gain ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
High Gain Antenna ◽  
Element Array

AbstractIn this paper, high-gain cavity backed patch antenna arrays are proposed based on low temperature co-fired ceramic technology at 140 GHz. By introducing a substrate integrated cavity to the patch antenna element, the gain is enhanced by 3.3 dB. Moreover, a rectangular ring is loaded around the patch for better impedance matching and further gain enhancement. The final simulated maximum gain of the proposed antenna element is 9.8 dBi. Based on the proposed high-gain antenna element, a 4 × 4-element array and an 8 × 8- element array are presented. The 4 × 4-element array shows a measured maximum gain of 16.9 dBi with 9.5 GHz bandwidth (136.2–145.7 GHz) and the 8 × 8-element array shows a measured maximum gain of 21.8 dBi with 9.8 GHz bandwidth(136.7–146.5 GHz), respectively.

Broadband high gain cavity resonator antenna using planar electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) superstrate

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Soumik Dey ◽  
Sukomal Dey
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Cavity Resonator ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Electromagnetic Bandgap ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Rectangular Microstrip Antenna

Abstract This paper presents a broadband miniaturized Fabry–Perot cavity resonator antenna (CRA) made of novel electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) superstrate as partially reflecting surface (PRS) and reactive impedance surface (RIS) backed rectangular patch antenna. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the proposed EBG exhibits the highest stopband bandwidth (BW) with a bandgap existing between 7.37 and 12.4 GHz (50.9%). Frequency-selective property of the EBG is utilized under plane wave incidence to demonstrate it as PRS superstrate in CRA antenna. The cavity is excited with a rectangular microstrip antenna which is made of two dielectric substrates with an additional RIS layer sandwiched between them. The RIS provides wideband impedance matching of the primary feed antenna. A 7 × 7 array of the EBG superstrate is loaded over the patch antenna having an overall lateral dimension of only 45 × 45 mm2 or 1.62 λ0 × 1.62 λ0 where λ0 is the free space wavelength at the center frequency of 10.8 GHz. The proposed Fabry–Perot CRA (FP-CRA) achieves gain enhancement of 6.59 dB as compared with the reference antenna and has a 10 dB return loss BW of 23.79% from 10.07 to 12.79 GHz. A prototype of the FP-CRA is fabricated and experimentally tested with single and dual layers of EBG superstrate. Measured results show BWs of 21.5 and 24.8% for the two cases with peak realized gain of 12.05 and 14.3 dBi, respectively. Later a four-element antenna array with corporate feeding is designed as the primary feed of the CRA. The simulation result shows a flat gain of >13 dBi with gain variation <1.2 dB over the impedance BW of 13.2%.

scholarly journals Compact Broadband Circularly Polarized CPW-Fed Antenna with Characteristic Mode Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
Jingchang Nan ◽  
Mingming Gao
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Characteristic Mode ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Compact Size

A compact circularly polarized (CP) antenna is proposed for low-profile and wideband operation based on characteristic mode analysis (CMA). A ring patch with a gap and two arc-shaped metallic stubs as the radiator is analyzed and optimized by CMA to figure out the orthogonal modes and operating frequency band for potential good axial ratio (AR) performance. The studies of these CP modes provide a physical insight into the property of broadband circular polarization. Such an in-depth understanding paves the way for the proposal of novel CP antenna with separation between the design of radiator and feeding network. A 50-Ω coplanar waveguide (CPW) is introduced and placed appropriately to excite the desired modes based on the information from CMA, which employs two asymmetric ground planes to improve the performance in terms of AR and impedance matching. The antenna with a compact size of 0.71λ0 × 0.76λ0 × 0.038λ0 (λ0 is the free-space wavelength at the center frequency of the 3-dB AR bandwidth) is fabricated and measured for validation. The realized gain varies from 1.6 to 3.1 dBic over the operating bandwidth characterized by the measured 10-dB impedance bandwidth of 83.8% (3.98–9.72 GHz) and 3-dB AR bandwidth of 70.3% (4.59–9.57 GHz), respectively.

scholarly journals Improved Low-Profile Helical Antenna Design for INMARSAT Applications

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiqiang Fu ◽  
Yuan Cao ◽  
Yue Zhou ◽  
Shaojun Fang
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Helical Antenna ◽  
Copper Strip ◽  
Antenna Structure ◽  
Low Profile

A new low-profile variable pitch angle cylindrical helical antenna employing a copper strip as impedance transformer is proposed in this paper. Under the circumstance of a limited antenna height, the circular polarization performance of the antenna has been enhanced by changing the pitch angle and the input impedance matching has been improved by adjusting the copper strip match stub. The design method of the proposed antenna is given. The optimal antenna structure for INMARSAT application has been fabricated and measured. The measured results show that in the whole maritime satellite communication work band the VSWR is less than 1.2, its antenna gain is higher than 9 dBi, and the axial ratio is lower than 2.5 dB. The experimental results have a good agreement with the simulations. The proposed antenna is compact and easy tuning. It provides a promising antenna element for maritime satellite communication applications.

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