scholarly journals A Function Reconfigurable Antenna Based on Liquid Metal

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Zhou ◽  
Shaojun Fang ◽  
Hongmei Liu ◽  
Zhongbao Wang ◽  
Te Shao
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Maritime Transportation ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Compact Structure

To meet the demands of maritime transportation on ships, including satellite positioning, wireless communication, and radio frequency identification (RFID) for cargo handling management, a function reconfigurable antenna based on liquid metal is proposed in this paper. The antenna is composed of 3-D-printed hollow cavities, a two-step impedance feeding sheet, and two feeding probes. The 3-D-printed hollow cavities contain a big hollow helix cavity, a hollow cone loaded cylinder cavity, four hollow cylinder cavities, and four small hollow helix cavities. By filling the liquid metal into different hollow cavities, reconfigurable functions are generated, including right-handed circular polarization (RHCP), omnidirectional linear polarization (O-LP), pattern reconfigurable circular polarization, and omnidirectional left-handed circular polarization (O-LHCP). To illustrate this, a prototype is fabricated using 3-D-printed photopolymer resin and etching technology. The measurement results agree well with the simulated ones in terms of return loss, radiation pattern, gain, and axial ratio (AR). For the five reconfigurable states, the measured relative bandwidths for |S11| < −10 dB are 44.7%, 41.7%, 30.4%, 28.1%, and 10.8%, respectively, which covers the bands of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), wireless communication system, and RFID communication system. Attributing to the advantages of its compact structure, flexible conversion, and good performance, the proposed antenna is a good candidate for maritime transportation applications.

A CPW-fed uniplanar dual-band tri-polarization diversity antenna based on PIN diode for the wireless communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1695-1703
Author(s):  
Haixiong Li ◽  
Yunlong Gong ◽  
Jiakai Zhang ◽  
Jun Ding ◽  
Chenjiang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Pin Diode ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
The Right

In this paper, a coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed dual-band uniplanar tri-polarization reconfigurable antenna based on the PIN diode switch is proposed. The proposed antenna can be reconfigured between the linear polarization (LP) and the circular polarization (CP) mode, including both the right-handed circular polarization and left-handed circular polarization simultaneously within the dual operating bands. The central frequencies of the bands are 2.63 and 4.42 GHz, respectively, and the overlapped operating bandwidth is 17.8 and 3.40%. The proposed reconfigurable antenna is a closed-slot antenna fed by the CPW transmission line and the reconfigurable mechanism is to regulate the T-shaped driven stub through switching the PIN diodes on and off. The scattering parameters, axial ratio, radiation pattern, gain, and the radiation efficiency of the proposed antenna are all investigated in the following. The optimized antenna has been fabricated to experimental test, the simulated and the measured results agree well with each other. The lower frequency band of the proposed antenna covers the 2.40 GHz WLAN specification and the upper band can be used for the 5 G communication (4.40–4.50 GHz); therefore it is suitable to be applied in the mobile wireless communication.

scholarly journals Polarization Reconfigurable Square Patch Antenna for Wireless Communications

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Saravanan ◽  
M. J. S. Rangachar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communications ◽  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
Peak Gain

In this paper, a single fed polarization reconfigurable antenna is proposed. The antenna consists of a radiating patch incorporated with a diagonal-shaped slot at its center. Four p-i-n diodes are used for polarization reconfiguration. The p-i-n diodes are placed in diagonal slot region. The proposed antenna is designed to operate in three states – linear polarization (LP), left-hand circular polarization (LHCP) and right-hand circular polarization (RHCP) by biasing corresponding p-i-n diodes. The antenna gives measured peak gain of 6.2 dBi for LP state and 5.82 dBic for both RHCP and LHCP states. It also achieves 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 5.95% for both RHCP and LHCP configurations. The antenna finds application in areas of modern wireless communication.

scholarly journals A Liquid Metal Conical Helical Antenna for Circular Polarization-Reconfigurable Antenna

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Zhou ◽  
Shaojun Fang ◽  
Hongmei Liu ◽  
Shiqiang Fu
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Polarization Mode ◽  
Helical Antenna ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Good Agreement

A novel polarization-reconfigurable conical helical antenna based on the liquid metal is presented. The antenna is implemented by using truncated structure, variable pitch angle, a matching stub, and a mechanical autorotation device. The experimental results show that a good agreement between simulations and measurements is obtained. The gain of the antenna achieves higher than 8 dBi in the work band (1525–1660.5 MHz), and the 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth reaches 410 MHz. The polarization mode of the antenna can be switched between right-hand and left-hand circular polarization.

Circularly polarized reconfigurable microstrip loop antenna using parasitic patches and PIN diodes

Frequenz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Supakit Kawdungta ◽  
Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Loop Antenna ◽  
Main Beam ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Communication Performance ◽  
Pin Diodes ◽  
Circularly Polarized

AbstractThis research proposes a novel circularly polarized (CP) reconfigurable microstrip loop antenna for 2.4–2.5 GHz advanced wireless communication using two parasitic patches and two PIN diodes. The reconfigurable antenna can alternate between right hand circular polarization (RHCP) and left hand circular polarization (LHCP) at the main beam by manipulating the ON/OFF status of the PIN diodes. Simulations were carried out for the optimal antenna parameters, and an antenna prototype was fabricated and experiments were undertaken. The simulation and measured results are in good agreement. The antenna achieves an impedance bandwidth of 2.4–2.5 GHz and unidirectional radiation pattern with a maximum gain of 5 dBic and 3-dB axial ratio for both RHCP and LHCP. As a result, the proposed reconfigurable antenna could be utilized to improve wireless communication performance. In essence, the novelty of this research lies in the utilization of parasitic patches and shorted PIN diodes to transform linear to circular polarization; and the reconfigurability of polarization between RHCP and LHCP.

scholarly journals Circular polarization reconfigurable antenna for mid-band 5G applications with a new reconfigurable technique

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 802
Author(s):  
Alaa Imran AL-Muttairi ◽  
Malik Jasim Farhan
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Commercial Software ◽  
Innovative Technique

In this paper, a novel low cost, single-feed, and circular polarization reconfigurable antenna is designed and fabricated for future mid-band 5G applications. An innovative technique is used in this approach, which combines three techniques, namely: polygon U-slot, switchable vertical or horizontal slots, and shorting posts. The proposed antenna can alter its polarization sense between RHCP and LHCP with the ability to adjust the axial ratio position with respect to frequency along the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. The antenna is built on RT/duroid 5880 substrate with a maximum size of (31*31*3.15) .Two real diodes are integrated across the slot to change polarization sense. CST commercial software is used to simulate the antenna, and then it is fabricated and measured practically. Good agreements between the two results are achieved. However, The antenna has impedance bandwidth starting from 3.4995GHz to 3.73GHz with overlapped axial ratio bandwidth of 2.1% for both operation senses. Also, the antenna has good gain, and it has one resonant frequency at 3.6GHz for both operating states.

ANALYSIS PERFORMANCE OF SINGLY-FED CIRCULARLY POLARIZED MICROSTRIP ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5-9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fauzan Edy Purnomo ◽  
Hadi Suyono ◽  
Panca Mudjirahardjo ◽  
Rini Nur Hasanah
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Microstrip Antennas ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Structure ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Large Bandwidth ◽  
Doubly Fed

The circularly polarized (CP) microstrip antennas, both of singly- and doubly-fed types, possess inherent limitation in gain, impedance and axial-ratio bandwidths. These limitations are caused mainly by the natural resonance of the patch antenna which has a high unloaded Q-factor and the frequency-dependent excitation of two degenerative modes (TM01 and TM10) when using a single feed. Many applications which require circular polarization, large bandwidth, and good performance, especially in the field of wireless communication, are still difficult to be designed by using antenna software. Some consideration to take will include the application target and design specification, the materials to be used, and the method to choose (formula, numerical analysis, etc). This paper explains and analyzes the singly-fed microstrip antenna with circular polarization and large bandwidth. This singly-fed type of microstrip antenna provides certain advantage of requiring no external circular polarizer, e.g. the 900 hybrid, as it only needs to apply some perturbation or modification to a patch radiator with a standard geometry. The design of CP and large-bandwidth microstrip antenna is done gradually, by firstly truncating one tip, then truncating the whole three tips, and finally modifying it into a pentagonal patch structure and adding an air-gap to obtain larger bandwidths of impedance, gain and axial ratio. The last one antenna structure results in a novelty because it is a rare design of antenna which includes all types of bandwidth (impedance, gain, and axial ratio) being simultaneously larger than the origin antenna. The resulted characteristic performance of the 1-tip (one-tip) antenna shows respectively 1.9% of impedance bandwidth, 3.1% of gain bandwidth, and 0.45% of axial-ratio bandwidth. For the 3-tip (three-tip) step, the resulted bandwidths of respectively impedance, gain, and axial ratio are 1.7%, 3.3% and 0.5%. The pentagonal structure resulted in the bandwith values of 15.67%, 52.16% and 4.11% respectively for impedance, gain, and axial ratio. 

scholarly journals A Compact Single-Feed Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna with Symmetric and Wide-Beamwidth Radiation Pattern

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihong Ye ◽  
Mang He ◽  
Pingyuan Zhou ◽  
Houjun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Half Power ◽  
Slot Aperture

A compact single-feed circularly polarized microstrip antenna is proposed to achieve symmetric radiation pattern over a wide range of observation angles. In order to reduce the radiation aperture and consequently broaden the circular polarization (CP) and the half power beamwidth (HPBW) of the antenna, a partially etched superstrate and a conducting cavity are employed in the design. Further, reasonable axial ratio (AR) and impedance bandwidths are realized within the compact structure by using a simple series crossed-slot aperture coupled feeding. As a consequence, the overall dimension of the fabricated prototype is 0.32λ0× 0.32λ0× 0.12λ0at the center operating frequency of 1.56 GHz, and a 3.0% overlapped bandwidth of 10 dB return loss (RL) and 3 dB AR is obtained. Within the bandwidth, symmetric CP radiation pattern over almost the entire upper hemisphere is observed and the HPBW is also increased from 60° to 106°.

scholarly journals A Low-Profile Wideband Linear-to-Circular Polarization Conversion Slot Antenna Using Metasurface

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Dong ◽  
Chang Ding ◽  
Jinjun Mo
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
Linearly Polarized

A new low-profile wideband linear-to-circular polarization conversion microstrip slot antenna based on a metasurface for C-band satellite communication applications is proposed in this paper. The metasurface basically consists of four unit cells with parasitic square cross gaps arranged in a 2 × 2 layout. By loading the metasurface on the microstrip slot antenna, linearly polarized (LP) waves from the source antenna are converted into circularly polarized (CP) waves. Then, by etching three more parasitic square cross gaps in the middle of the metasurface, enhanced impedance bandwidth and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) are achieved. Furthermore, an equivalent circuit and a phase analysis are presented to explain how a wide ARBW is realized by the metasurface. A final model with an overall size of 36 × 36 × 3.5 mm3 (approximately 0.65λ0 × 0.65λ0 × 0.06λ0 at 5.5 GHz) was designed and fabricated. The measured S11 bandwidth and 3 dB ARBW were 39.25% from 4.28 GHz to 6.37 GHz and 17.77% from 5.18 GHz to 6.19 GHz, respectively. As a result, the proposed antenna shows great potential for satellite communication applications due to its low profile and compact structure, wide impedance bandwidth, and wide axial ratio bandwidth.

scholarly journals A New Polarization-Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G Applications

Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasir Al-Yasir ◽  
Abdulkareem Abdullah ◽  
Naser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Raed Abd-Alhameed ◽  
James Noras
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Relative Dielectric Constant ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Pin Diode ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
The Right ◽  
Coaxial Probe

This paper presented a new circular polarization reconfigurable antenna for 5G wireless communications. The antenna, containing a semicircular slot, was compact in size and had a good axial ratio and frequency response. Two PIN diode switches controlled the reconfiguration for both the right-hand and left-hand circular polarization. Reconfigurable orthogonal polarizations were achieved by changing the states of the two PIN diode switches, and the reflection coefficient |S11| was maintained, which is a strong benefit of this design. The proposed polarization-reconfigurable antenna was modeled using the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software. It had a 3.4 GHz resonance frequency in both states of reconfiguration, with a good axial ratio below 1.8 dB, and good gain of 4.8 dBic for both modes of operation. The proposed microstrip antenna was fabricated on an FR-4 substrate with a loss tangent of 0.02, and relative dielectric constant of 4.3. The radiating layer had a maximum size of 18.3 × 18.3 mm2, with 50 Ω coaxial probe feeding.

scholarly journals Dual-Sense Circular Polarization Antenna Based on Reconfigurable Orthogonal Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mingyu Sun ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Kang An ◽  
Xianghui Wang ◽  
Yuezhi Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Polarization Direction ◽  
Good Match ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Lower Insertion Loss ◽  
Good Agreement

A novel circular polarization (CP) reconfigurable microstrip antenna is presented. The CP reconfigurable antenna is divided into three layers, composed of an annular radiating patch, ring slot, and reconfigurable orthogonal network (RON). The designed antenna is fed by dual vertical branches at the output port of the RON. By adjusting the bias voltage of the PIN switch loaded on the reconfigurable orthogonal network, the output phase can be changed, which means that the polarization direction of CP antenna is switchable. Simulation results show that the proposed feeding network provides constant phase difference and lower insertion loss for both states in the operating frequency band, thereby achieving good match and axial ratio characteristics either LHCP or RHCP state. Measured results show that the proposed antenna exhibits operational bandwidth of 1.2% with axial ratio below 3 dB and return loss above 10 dB in both polarized states. Good agreement between simulated and measured results is obtained.

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