scholarly journals Ultra-Wideband Low-Cost High-Efficiency Cavity-Backed Compound Spiral Antenna

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1399
Author(s):  
Charl Baard ◽  
Yulang Liu ◽  
Natalia Nikolova
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Spiral Antenna ◽  
Archimedean Spiral ◽  
Backward Radiation ◽  
Equiangular Spiral

A low-cost high-efficiency ultra-wideband (UWB) cavity-backed spiral antenna is proposed. It employs an equiangular spiral enclosed by an Archimedean spiral and it is fed through a tapered microstrip balun. A center-raised cylindrical absorber-free cavity backs the spiral to minimize the backward radiation without decreasing the efficiency. The cavity is designed to ensure an impedance bandwidth exceeding 16:1 ratio (from 350 MHz to 5.5 GHz). Simulated and measured results are presented and compared, demonstrating competitive performance in terms of impedance bandwidth and efficiency. Time–domain measurements indicate fidelity of 0.62 at boresight.

scholarly journals A time domain spherical near-field measurement facility for UWB antennas employing a hardware gating technique

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Blech ◽  
M. M. Leibfritz ◽  
R. Hellinger ◽  
D. Geier ◽  
F. A. Maier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Measurement Facility ◽  
Antenna Measurement ◽  
Uwb Antennas ◽  
Equivalent Time

Abstract. A spherical near-field antenna measurement facility employing a time domain hardware gating technique is presented. On-off keyed sinusoidal impulses are used as stimuli requiring wideband antennas with a bandwidth in excess of 400 MHz. The received signal is evaluated in the time interval after reaching the steady state and before multipath components arising in the non-ideal anechoic chamber distort the signal. An application specific pulse generator synthesizing sinusoidal impulses with a sub-nanosecond settling time and a low-cost equivalent time (ET) sampling receiver developed and optimized for this particular purpose are described. Measurement results of typical ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas show a significant improvement of the measured antenna pattern compared to conventional techniques.

scholarly journals A Millimeter-Wave Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Spiral Antenna Array with Unequal Amplitude Feeding Network

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Huakang Chen ◽  
Yu Shao ◽  
Zhangjian He ◽  
Changhong Zhang ◽  
Zhizhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Archimedean Spiral ◽  
Circularly Polarized

A 2 × 2 wideband circularly polarized (CP) antenna array operating at millimeter wave (mmWave) band is presented. The array element is a wideband CP Archimedean spiral radiator with special-shaped ring slot. The elements are fed by an unequal amplitude (UA) feeding network based on a microstrip line (MSL) power divider. The side lobe level is improved by this UA feeding network. In addition, a cross slot is employed to isolate the elements for decoupling. A prototype is fabricated, and the measured results show that the proposed array achieves an impedance bandwidth (IBW) of 6.31 GHz (22.5% referring to 28 GHz) and an axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 7.32 GHz (26.1% referring to 28 GHz). The peak gain of the proposed array is 11.3 dBic, and the gain is greater than 9.3 dBic within the whole desired band (from 25 GHz to 31 GHz). The proposed array consists of only one substrate layer and can be built by the conventional printed circuit board technology. Attributed to the characteristics of wide bandwidth, simple structure, low profile, and low cost, the proposed antenna array has a great potential in mmWave wireless communications.

scholarly journals Time Domain Performance of Reconfigurable Filter Antenna for IR-UWB, WLAN, and WiMAX Applications

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1007
Author(s):  
Zhuohang Zhang ◽  
Zhongming Pan
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Wireless Local Area Network ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Time Domain Analysis ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
The Time Domain

A novel reconfigurable filter antenna with three ports for three dependent switchable states for impulse radio-ultrawideband (IR-UWB)/wireless local area network (WLAN)/worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications is presented in this paper. Three positive-intrinsic-negative diodes, controlled by direct current, are employed to realize frequency reconfiguration of one ultra-wideband state and two narrowband states (2.4 GHz and 3.5 GHz). The time domain characteristic of the proposed antenna in the ultra-wideband state is studied, because of the features of the IR-UWB system. The time domain analysis shows that the reconfigurable filtering antenna in the wideband state performs similarly to the original UWB antenna. The compact size, low cost, and expanded reconfigurable filtering features make it suitable for IR-UWB systems that are integrated with WLAN/WiMAX communications.

A new compact and wideband CPW-fed sleeve antenna

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-518
Author(s):  
Peyman Hasani ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi ◽  
Javad Ghalibafan
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Model ◽  
Good Choice ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
Metallic Cylinder

AbstractIn this article, a sleeve antenna with a wide impedance bandwidth that consists of a coplanar waveguide line connected to a metallic cylinder is presented. The effect of design parameters on the impedance bandwidth is considered by some simulations. In addition to the wide impedance bandwidth, the omnidirectional pattern, high efficiency, low cost and easy fabrication process, and compact dimensions cause this antenna to be a good choice for some applications at low VHF/UHF frequency bands. Due to the flexible structure of this antenna, it is possible to cover the various frequency bands by changing the parameters of the antenna. In this work a typical model of the proposed antenna for the frequency range of 127 to 586 MHz is fabricated and compared with other previous works. An equivalent circuit model has been proposed to better understand how the antenna works. The proposed antenna has a bandwidth of about 128.7% for a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of less than 3, compact size of 0.274λ × 0.047λ and higher than 90% efficiency.

Low-cost and compact 3D circularly polarized Microstrip antenna with high efficiency and wide beamwidth

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1533-1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Zhen Wei ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
Long Yang ◽  
Guang Fu
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Printed Circuit Boards ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circuit Boards ◽  
Circularly Polarized

A compact three-dimensional (3D) circularly polarized (CP) microstrip antenna is presented in this paper. The antenna adopts three low-cost printed circuit boards to form an integrated and closed 3D structure, and the radiation patch and the feed patches are etched on the surface of that. A crossed slot is cut on the radiation patch to miniaturize the antenna, and triangular feed patches are introduced to increase the bandwidths. In addition, because of the utilization of a low-loss series feed line, the antenna has a high efficiency of more than 95%. A prototype of the antenna is measured to validate the method. The dimensions of the antenna is 0.064λ × 0.36λ (λ is the wavelength in free space at 1.2 GHz). The results indicate that the impedance bandwidth for voltage standing wave ratio ≤ 2 reaches 23%, and the bandwidth for axial ratio (AR) ≤ 3 dB reaches 10.1%. In the overlap band, the gains are > 4.5dBic. Additionally, the 3 dB beamwidth is more than 114°, and the beamwidth for AR ≤ 3 dB is more than 131° at 1.2 GHz.

Non-invasive detection and discrimination of breast tumors at early stage using spiral antenna

Frequenz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukmani Singh ◽  
Vishnu Priye
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Breast Tumors ◽  
Tumor Location ◽  
Petroleum Jelly ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Spiral Antenna ◽  
Archimedean Spiral ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Full Wave

AbstractIn this paper, an Archimedean spiral antenna-based biosensor has been proposed for the early detection of breast tumor. By monitoring the variation of S11 over 1–3.5 GHz frequency range, the proposed scheme can identify the tumor location, as well as distinguish the types of tumor (benign or malignant) based on shapes and dielectric properties contrast. To validate the concept, full wave simulation using CST microwave suite are performed along with VNA based experimental measurements on breast phantoms and tumors, prepared by easily available materials like glass, petroleum jelly, mixture of water and wheat flour. The demonstrated device is able to detect the tumor of less than 1 mm in radius and positioned anywhere in 5 × 5 × 5 cm of breast fat. The proposed method is easy to use, low cost, safe, comfortable, non-invasive and non- ionizing in nature.

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