scholarly journals Design of a Broadband Coplanar Waveguide-Fed Antenna Incorporating Organic Solar Cells with 100% Insolation for Ku Band Satellite Communication

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadgar I. Abdulkarim ◽  
Lianwen Deng ◽  
Halgurd N. Awl ◽  
Fahmi F. Muhammadsharif ◽  
Olcay Altintas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Device Structure ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
International Telecommunication ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Ku Band

A broadband coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed monopole antenna based on conventional CPW-fed integration with an organic solar cell (OSC) of 100% insolation is suggested for Ku band satellite communication. The proposed configuration was designed to allow for 100% insolation of the OSC, thereby improving the performance of the antenna. The device structure was fabricated using a Leiterplatten-Kopierfrasen (LPKF) prototyping Printed circuit board (PCB) machine, while a vector network analyzer was utilized to measure the return loss. The simulated results demonstrated that the proposed antenna was able to cover an interesting operating frequency band from 11.7 to 12.22 GHz, which is in compliance with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Consequently, a 3 GHz broadband in the Ku band was achieved, along with an enhancement in the realized gain of about 6.30 dB. The simulation and experimental results showed good agreement, whereby the proposed structure could be specifically useful for fixed-satellite-services (FSS) operating over the frequency range from the 11.7 to 12.22 GHz (downlink) band.

scholarly journals A Compact High-Pass Filter Using Hybrid Microstrip/Nonuniform CPW with Dual-Mode Resonant Response

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Di Jiang ◽  
Ke-Song Chen ◽  
Hong-Fei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Cutoff Frequency ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Dual Mode ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
High Pass Filter ◽  
Mode Characteristic ◽  
High Pass ◽  
Good Agreement

A novel and miniature high-pass filter (HPF) based on a hybrid-coupled microstrip/nonuniform coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonator is proposed in this article, in which the designed CPW has exhibited a wideband dual-mode characteristic within the desired high-pass frequency range. The implemented filter consists of the top microstrip coupled patches and the bottom modified nonuniformly short-circuited CPW resonator. Simulated results from the electromagnetic (EM) analysis software and measured results from a vector network analyzer (VNA) show a good agreement. A designed and fabricated prototype filter having a 3 dB cutoff frequency (fc) of 5.78 GHz has shown an ultrawide high-pass behavior, which exhibits the highest passband frequency exceeding 4.0fcunder the minimum insertion loss (IL) 0.75 dB. The printed circuit board (PCB) area of the filter is approximately0.062λg×0.093λg, whereλgis the guided wavelength atfc.

scholarly journals Ultrawide Bandwidth 180°-Hybrid-Coupler in Planar Technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Scherr ◽  
Serdal Ayhan ◽  
Grzegorz Adamiuk ◽  
Philipp Pahl ◽  
Thomas Zwick
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
New Device ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Hybrid Coupler ◽  
Good Agreement

A new concept of an ultrawide bandwidth 180°-hybrid-coupler is presented. The ultrawideband design approach is based on the excitation of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) mode and a coupled slot line (CSL) mode in the same double slotted planar waveguide. The coupler is suitable for realization in planar printed circuit board technology. For verification of the new concept a prototype was designed for the frequency range from 3 GHz to 11 GHz, built, and measured. The measurement results presented in this paper show a good agreement between simulation and measurement and demonstrate the very broadband performance of the new device. The demonstrated coupler with a size of 40 mm × 55 mm exhibits a fractional bandwidth of 114% centered at 7 GHz with a maximum amplitude imbalance of 0.8 dB and a maximum phase imbalance of 5°.

scholarly journals Compact Modelling of Electrical, Optical and Thermal Properties of Multi-Colour Power LEDs Operating on a Common PCB

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1286
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Górecki ◽  
Przemysław Ptak
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Optical Model ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Optical Parameters ◽  
Spice Simulation ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper concerns the problem of modelling electrical, thermal and optical properties of multi-colour power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) situated on a common PCB (Printed Circuit Board). A new form of electro-thermo-optical model of such power LEDs is proposed in the form of a subcircuit for SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis). With the use of this model, the currents and voltages of the considered devices, their junction temperature and selected radiometric parameters can be calculated, taking into account self-heating phenomena in each LED and mutual thermal couplings between each pair of the considered devices. The form of the formulated model is described, and a manner of parameter estimation is also proposed. The correctness and usefulness of the proposed model are verified experimentally for six power LEDs emitting light of different colours and mounted on an experimental PCB prepared by the producer of the investigated devices. Verification was performed for the investigated diodes operating alone and together. Good agreement between the results of measurements and computations was obtained. It was also proved that the main thermal and optical parameters of the investigated LEDs depend on a dominant wavelength of the emitted light.

scholarly journals A New Ultracompact Narrow Bandpass Microstrip Filter Using Double-Negative Quasiplanar Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Khawary ◽  
Vahid Nayyeri ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi ◽  
Mohammad Soleimani
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
High Selectivity ◽  
Bandpass Filter ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Double Negative ◽  
Fractional Bandwidth ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Full Wave ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper presents a novel ultracompact narrow bandpass filter with high selectivity. The proposed filter is composed of cascading two basic cells. Each cell is basically a microstrip line loaded with a quasiplanar resonator and series gaps which can be fabricated using a standard multilayer printed circuit board technology. The structure is analyzed through an equivalent circuit and full-wave simulations. The simulation results are compared with experimental measurements demonstrating a good agreement between them. The measurement indicates that the realized bandpass filter at the center frequency of 1 GHz has a fractional bandwidth of 2.2%. Most importantly, in comparison with other similar recent works, it is shown that the proposed filter has the smallest size.

Substrate-integrated waveguide cross-coupled filters with mixed electric and magnetic coupling structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 896-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Ranjan Azad ◽  
Dharmendra Kumar Jhariya ◽  
Akhilesh Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Magnetic Coupling ◽  
Frequency Selectivity ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Substrate Integrated Waveguide ◽  
Transmission Zeros ◽  
Coupling Structure ◽  
Board Process ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractThis paper presents a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) mixed electric and magnetic coupling structure implemented on a single-layer substrate to create finite transmission zeros (TZs), which can be used to design microwave filters with higher frequency selectivity. Mixed coupling is realized by three slot-lines on the top metal plane combined with an iris-window between two adjacent SIW cavities. The electric and magnetic coupling can be separately controlled by adjusting the dimensions of the slot-lines and the width of the iris-window, and a controllable TZ below or above the passband can be produced. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of the mixed coupling structure is presented. To demonstrate the validity of the proposed structure, third- and fourth-order cross-coupled generalized Chebyshev bandpass filters are designed and fabricated using the standard printed circuit board process. The experimental results are in good agreement with the simulation results. The filters exhibit simple structure and good frequency selectivity.

scholarly journals Using Multilayered Substrate Integrated Waveguide to Design Microwave Gain Equalizer

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongfei Wang ◽  
Dongfang Zhou ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Chaowen Chang
Keyword(s):  
Equivalent Circuit ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Substrate Integrated Waveguide ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Analysis ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Board Process ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Ku Band

This paper presents the design and experiment of a novel microwave gain equalizer based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technique. The proposed equalizer is formed by an SIW loaded by SIW resonators, which has very compact structure and can compensate for gain slope of microwave systems. Equivalent circuit analysis is given about the proposed structure for a better insight into the structure’s response. A Ku-Band equalizer with four SIW resonators is simulated and fabricated with a multilayer printed circuit board process. The measured results show good performance and agreement with the simulated results; an attenuation slope of −4.5 dB over 12.5–13.5 GHz is reached with a size reduction of 76%.

Investigation of Compact Tree-Shaped Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting

2014 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 903-908
Author(s):  
Zahriladha Zakaria ◽  
Nur Aishah Zainuddin ◽  
Mohd Nor Husain ◽  
Mohamad Zoinol Abidin Abd Aziz ◽  
Mohamad Ariffin Mutalib
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Early Investigation ◽  
Etching Technique ◽  
Rf Energy Harvesting ◽  
Rf Energy

This paper studies a compact wideband tree-shaped coplanar antenna which has the potential to be used for RF energy harvesting. The antenna is fabricated on a double-sided FR-4 printed circuit board using an etching technique. The effect of semi-circle patch embedded to a triangular patch has been studied. The comparison between simulation and measurement results for the return loss and radiation patterns are observed and are in good agreement. The measured return loss is in line with the simulation response where both manage to achieve lower than-10dB. A bandwidth of 3.64 GHz and 3.94 GHz were obtained in simulation and measurement process respectively. This study is an early investigation in designing the antenna for RF energy harvesting system to support green technology and sustainable development particularly for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN).

scholarly journals Hot-film and calorimetric thermal air flow sensors realized with printed board technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Glatzl ◽  
Samir Cerimovic ◽  
Harald Steiner ◽  
Almir Talic ◽  
Roman Beigelbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Experimental Characterization ◽  
Flow Sensors ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Hot Film ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract. This paper addresses the development of flow sensors optimized for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. The sensors are based on the printed circuit board technology facilitating robust, flexible (in terms of layout), and cost-effective devices. Two approaches for measuring fluid quantities like flow velocity over the whole cross section are investigated in this context. The first one relies on hot-film transduction and stands out for its simplicity, but also shows some severe limitations, which can be circumvented by the second approach based on calorimetric transduction. Supported by extensive numerical simulations, several sensor embodiments were investigated and fabricated. After experimental characterization, measurement and simulation results were compared, which turned out to be in good agreement.

Compact Design of an UWB Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Characteristic

2012 ◽  
Vol 195-196 ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Wen Bo Zeng ◽  
Jia Zhao ◽  
Bao Zhong Ke ◽  
Qi Qi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Band ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Uwb Antenna ◽  
Compact Design

An ultra-wideband (UWB) printed antenna with dual band-notched characteristic is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna is composed of a semi-circular patch fed by a tapered coplanar waveguide (CPW) and an unclosed ground plane, which are printed onto the same side of a FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) with an overall size of 30 mm × 30 mm × 1.5 mm. By embedding a simple arc-shaped slot in the patch and adding a T-shaped strip on the top of the patch, two notched frequency bands for rejection of WiMAX and WLAN system can be realized. The characteristics of the proposed antenna are investigated by using the software HFSS and validated experimentally, both simulated and measured results show that the proposed antenna prototype achieves good impedance matching over an frequency band from 2.1011.40 GHz for VSWR2 with two notched bands over the frequency range of 5-5.95 GHz and 3.1-3.9 GHz. Furthermore, a relatively stable gain and suitable radiation patterns are also achieved in both lower and upper UWB frequency band.

scholarly journals Analysis of a Compact Wideband Slotted Antenna for Ku Band Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Ahsan ◽  
M. Habib Ullah ◽  
F. Mansor ◽  
N. Misran ◽  
T. Islam
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Printed Circuit ◽  
Slotted Antenna ◽  
Stable Variation ◽  
Ku Band

The design procedure and physical module of a compact wideband patch antenna for Ku band application are presented in this paper. Finite element method based on 3D electromagnetic field solver has been utilized for the designing and analyzing process of proposed microstrip line fed modifiedE-Hshaped electrically small patch antenna. After successful completion of the design process through various simulations, the proposed antenna has been fabricated on printed circuit board (PCB) and its characteristics have been studied. The parameters of the proposed antenna prototype have been measured in standard far-field rectangular shape anechoic measurement compartment. It is apparent from the measured antenna parameters that the proposed antenna achieved almost stable variation of radiation pattern over the entire operational band with 1380 MHz of-10 dB return loss bandwidth. The maximum gain of 7.8 dBi and 89.97% average efficiency within the operating band from 17.15 GHz to 18.53 GHz ensure the suitability of the proposed antenna for Ku band applications.

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