scholarly journals Broadband High-Gain Antenna for Millimetre-Wave 60-GHz Band

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Issa ◽  
Habib Fathallah ◽  
Muhammad A. Ashraf ◽  
Hamsakutty Vettikalladi ◽  
Saleh Alshebeili

This paper focuses on the 60 GHz band, which is known to be very attractive for enabling next-generation abundant multi-Gbps wireless connectivity in 5G communication. We propose a novel concept of a double-layer antenna, loosely inspired from standard log-periodic schemes but with an aperiodic geometry, reduced size, and a limited number of elements while achieving excellent performance over the entire 60 GHz band. To maximize the antenna’s efficiency, we have developed a design that differs from those traditionally used for millimeter-wave communication applications. We aim to simultaneously maximize the gain, efficiency, and bandwidth. The reflection coefficient of the proposed design achieves a bandwidth of 20.66% from 53.9 GHz up to 66.3 GHz, covering the entire frequency band of interest. In addition, this proposed structure achieves a maximum realized gain of 11.8 dBi with an estimated radiation efficiency of 91.2%. The proposed antenna is simulated, fabricated, and tested in an anechoic chamber environment. The measurement data show a reasonable agreement with the simulation results, with respect to the bandwidth, gain, and side-lobe level over the operational spectrum.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhai ◽  
Ding Xu ◽  
Yan Zhang

This paper presents a lightweight, cost-efficient, wideband, and high-gain 3D printed parabolic reflector antenna in the Ka-band. A 10 λ reflector is printed with polylactic acid- (PLA-) based material that is a biodegradable type of plastic, preferred in 3D printing. The reflecting surface is made up of multiple stacked layers of copper tape, thick enough to function as a reflecting surface (which is found 4 mm). A conical horn is used for the incident field. A center-fed method has been used to converge the energy in the broadside direction. The proposed antenna results measured a gain of 27.8 dBi, a side lobe level (SLL) of −22 dB, and a maximum of 61.2% aperture efficiency (at 30 GHz). A near-field analysis in terms of amplitude and phase has also been presented which authenticates the accurate spherical to planar wavefront transformation in the scattered field.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1586-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Erfani ◽  
Safieddin Safavi‐Naeini ◽  
Serioja Tatu

Author(s):  
Luong Xuan Truong ◽  
Truong Vu Bang Giang ◽  
Tran Minh Tuan

This paper proposes a new design of low sidelobe level (SLL) and high gain linear printed Vivaldi antenna array. The array composes of two parts, which are a linear Vivaldi antenna array and a back reflector. The array consists of 10 single Vivaldi antennas and a series-fed network, those are based on Roger RO4003C substrate (ε = 3.55) with the dimension of 140 x 450 x 1.524 mm3. A new Bat algorithm with the amplitude-only control technique has been applied to optimize the output coefficients of the series-fed network for gaining a low SLL. The simulation results indicate that the proposed antenna provides a low SLL of -29.2 dB in E-plane with a high gain of 16.5 dBi at the frequency of 3500 MHz. A prototype of the proposed antenna array has been fabricated. The measured data has a good agreement with the simulated data.


A single feed microstrip patch elliptically annular antenna array has been proposed for high gain circularly polarized (CP) radiation. An array of elliptically annular patches antenna resonates at a frequency of 3.77 GHz which can be used in satellite communication and radar application. A corporate feed network with quarter-wave transformer has been used for uniform excitation of all the array elements. Thus a good circular polarization is obtained by using a single feed with enhanced gain 15.62 dB compared to single patch. The radiation pattern, axial ratio and input impedance of the proposed elliptically annular antenna array is compared with single element elliptically annular antenna. A substantial gain enhancement with low side lobe level (SLL) is observed keeping circular polarization intact. Further, simulated and measured results of the proposed antenna array have been compared and found that axial ratio and gain are in good agreement.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Singha ◽  
D. Vakula

A broadband gradient refractive index (GRIN) metamaterial is used to improve the gain of the tapered slot antenna. The proposed metamaterial is capable of reducing the side lobe level of the antenna. The gradient refractive index (GRIN) metamaterial is constructed by using non-resonant parallel-line unit cells with different refractive index. Due to the non-resonant structure, the proposed unit cell exhibits low loss and large frequency bandwidth. The metamaterial, whose effective refractive index is lower than that of the substrate on which the antenna is printed. Therefore, the proposed metamaterial is act as a regular lens in beam focusing. The GRIN metamaterial is integrated in front of the antenna which has the capability to manipulate electromagnetic wave accurately. The measurement results indicate that the reflection coefficient of the antenna is below -10 dB over the frequency band from 3 to 11 GHz. The radiation pattern of the antenna shows the beam width becomes narrow and directive with low side lobe level. The peak gain is increased by 2.1 dB at 9.5 GHz.


2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Darvazehban ◽  
Seiran Khaledian ◽  
Omid Manoochehri ◽  
Mohammad Ali Salari
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Author(s):  
Muhsin Ali ◽  
Luis Enrique Garcia Munoz ◽  
Guillermo Carpintero ◽  
Simon Nellen ◽  
Bjorn Globisch

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