scholarly journals A Wide-Band High-Efficiency Hybrid-Feed Antenna Array for mm-Wave Wireless Systems

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 2383
Author(s):  
Wenhao Tan ◽  
Yu Xiao ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
Kaiqiang Zhu ◽  
Hao Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Wireless Systems ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Feed Network ◽  
Feed Networks

A wide-band and high-efficiency planar antenna array with a novel hybrid-feed structure is proposed in this article. By combing the coaxial-line feed magneto-electric (ME) dipoles with the aperture coupled dielectric cavity, a hybrid-feed 2 × 2-unit ME-dipole sub-array is invented. The low-loss ridge gap waveguide (RGWG) corporate-feed network is used to replace the high-loss substrate-based feed networks and high-cost RWG feed networks. New forms of RGWG H-plane divider are designed to build the RGWG feed network. An 8 × 8-unit ME-dipole antenna array is designed and fabricated to verify the validity of the array. The radiation part consists of two layers of a low-cost printed circuit board (PCB), and the feeding part consists of two copper plates manufactured by computer numerical control (CNC) milling. Measured results show that a relative bandwidth of 16.4% with |S11| < −10 dB is achieved, with a maximum radiation efficiency of 85%. The stable symmetric radiation patterns are observed in both the E-plane and H-plane, covering the operation band. Based on the measured results, a 16 × 16-unit ME-dipole antenna array is simulated. Results indicate that the proposed array has wide-band and high-efficiency features, which is suitable for large-scale array design in mm-wave wireless systems.

scholarly journals Wideband and High-Efficiency SIW Cavity-Backed Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Array

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Guang Sun ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Taolin Liu ◽  
Hu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Substrate Integrated Waveguide ◽  
Printed Circuit

In this paper, a compact, wideband, and high-efficiency substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) feeding cavity-backed aperture-coupled magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna element and its array are proposed. Firstly, an SIW cavity-backed and a modified bowtie dipole are designed for the antenna element which makes it possess a high gain and wide impedance bandwidth. The antenna element covers an impedance bandwidth of 66.3% from 10.7 to 21.3 GHz with a peak gain of 10.3 dBi. Secondly, a 4 × 4 array is designed using the proposed antenna element. And a full-corporate substrate integrated waveguide feeding network is introduced to excite the array elements for the antenna application with wide bandwidth and high efficiency. For validation, a prototype of 4 × 4 array is fabricated by standard printed circuit board (PCB) facilities and further measured. The measured −10 dB impedance bandwidth of the proposed 4 × 4 antenna array is 30% (12.75–17.25 GHz) with its gain being 18.2–20.9 dBi within the entire band. The measured maximum aperture efficiency of the antenna array is 94% at 14.92 GHz. Notably, the measured results agree well with simulations, and it shows great advantages over other similar antennas on efficiency and bandwidth.

scholarly journals Mobile-Phone Antenna Array with Diamond-Ring Slot Elements for 5G Massive MIMO Systems

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Haleh Jahanbakhsh Basherlou ◽  
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari ◽  
Yasser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Antenna Array ◽  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Diamond Ring

A design of mobile-phone antenna array with diamond-ring slot elements is proposed for fifth generation (5G) massive multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The configuration of the design consists of four double-fed diamond-ring slot antenna elements placed at different corners of the mobile-phone printed circuit board (PCB). A low-cost FR-4 dielectric with an overall dimension of 75 × 150 mm2 is used as the design substrate. The antenna elements are fed by 50-Ohm L-shaped microstrip-lines. Due to the orthogonal placement of microstrip feed lines, the diamond-ring slot elements can exhibit the polarization and radiation pattern diversity characteristic. A good impedance bandwidth (S11 ≤ −10 dB) of 3.2–4 GHz has been achieved for each antenna radiator. However, for S11 ≤ −6 dB, this value is 3–4.2 GHz. The proposed design provides the required radiation coverage of 5G smartphones. The performance of the proposed MIMO antenna design is examined using both simulation and experiment. High isolation, high efficiency and sufficient gain-level characteristics have been obtained for the proposed MIMO smartphone antenna. In addition, the calculated total active reflection coefficient (TARC) and envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) of the antenna elements are very low over the whole band of interest which verify the capability of the proposed multi-antenna systems for massive MIMO and diversity applications. Furthermore, the properties of the design in Data-mode/Talk-mode are investigated and presented.

Dual circularly polarized multilayer MIMO antenna array with an enhanced SR-feeding network for C-band application

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1741-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Jalali ◽  
Mohammad Naser-Moghadasi ◽  
Ramezan Ali Sadeghzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Feed Network

Wide-band circularly polarized multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna array with a 2 × 4 feed network was proposed for C-band application. Different unique techniques were utilized in the proposed array to enhance the antenna characteristics, such as gain, 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW), impedance tuning, and ruinous mutual coupling effects. A miniaturized dual-feed Tai chi-shaped antenna element with a pair of feeding points and a pair of eyebrow-shaped strips was presented for enhancing circular polarization (CP) purity and impedance matching. For a better improvement of CP features, a 2*4 MIMO sequentially rotated (MIMO-SR) feed network was used to achieve broader 3 dB ARBW. Besides, the MIMO feature of the feed network could control the left- and right-handed CP, respectively. Ultimately, specific forms of slot and slit structures were applied onto the top layer of MIMO feed network that provided a high isolation between the radiating elements and array network. Furthermore, the diversity gain (DG) was studied. The extracted measured results illustrated an impedance bandwidth of 3.5–8.2 GHz at port 1 and 3.5–8.3 GHz at port 2 for VWSR < 2 and 3 dB ARBW of 4.6–7.6 GHz at port 1 and 4.6–7.5 GHz at port 2. The peak gain of 9.9 dBi was at 6 GHz.

Wideband tightly-coupled compact array of dipole antennas arranged in triangular lattice

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-389
Author(s):  
Abhishek Kumar Awasthi ◽  
A. R. Harish
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Triangular Lattice ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Tightly Coupled ◽  
Feed Network ◽  
Infinite Array

AbstractIn this paper, a compact wideband tightly-coupled dipole antenna array has been developed. Dipole elements are placed in the triangular lattice to reduce the side lobe level in the radiation pattern of one of the planes. To obtain the initial dimensions, 1-D infinite array analysis of the proposed array is carried out. The infinite array is designed to operate in 5–14.3 GHz (96.3% impedance bandwidth) frequency band. The antenna array can be used in C and X band applications. Inter-element coupling is utilized to achieve ultra-wideband performance in the proposed array. A 2 × 8 elements finite array is designed with the feed network. An ultra-wideband parallel strip to microstrip transition is used to feed the array elements. A metallic shielding for the feed network helps in reducing the back lobes. The overall size of the array with the reflector and the feed network is 148 mm × 224 mm × 54.5 mm. To validate the proposed concept, the antenna array is fabricated and tested. Impedance bandwidth of 2.8:1 along with broadside radiation pattern throughout the band of interest is observed.

scholarly journals A Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Array for Millimeter Wave Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 6057-6061
Author(s):  
D. T. T. My ◽  
H. N. B. Phuong ◽  
T. T. Huong ◽  
B. T. M. Tu
Keyword(s):  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Frequency Band ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Single Element

In this paper, a low-profile broadband antenna is proposed for future 5G millimeter-wave cellular wireless networks. The proposed antenna is a modified Magneto-Electric (ME) dipole, which consists of four metallic plates, grounded vias, an aperture fed, a ground plane, and a microstrip line feed. The antennas are built on RT/Duroid 5880 substrates and have been realized by the printed circuit board technique. A single-element with an overall of 10×10×1.04mm3 (~1.26λo×1.26λo×0.13λo at 38GHz) exhibits an impedance matching of 27.9% (32.2-42.8GHz) for |S11|<–10dB and a realized gain up to 7.5dBi over the frequency band. The usefulness of these antennas as beamforming radiators is demonstrated by a 1×4 element linear array. Also, a wide-band excitation is applied for the linear ME dipole array to realize a broadband array. The simulated results proved the proposed array can operate in a frequency band spreading from 31.4GHz to 42.1GHz with a gain of 12.5dBi and a side-lobe of -13dB

scholarly journals High efficiency broadband ellipse antenna array with tapered parallel-double transmission line feed network

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (18) ◽  
pp. 20180687-20180687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wang ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Chang-liang Zhao ◽  
Yang-tao Wan ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Line ◽  
Antenna Array ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Feed Network
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