Design, fabrication, and test of a novel broadband dual-polarized microstrip antenna for WLAN applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-301
Author(s):  
Majid Karimipour ◽  
Iman Aryanian
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Parasitic Patch ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Dual Polarized

AbstractA dual-polarized dual-layer wideband microstrip antenna is presented. Dual orthogonal linear polarization and enhanced isolation between two ports are achieved by employing two radiating patches perpendicular to each other and printed on two separate substrates. Broadband behavior of the antenna is realized by using two wideband double-sided printed strip dipole and angular ring as radiating patches along with wideband baluns as feeding system. The patches are connected to baluns with two separate twin-lead transmission lines. Moreover, to improve the impedance bandwidth of the strip dipole significantly, a diamond-shape parasitic patch is artily incorporated into the top side of the upper layer of the antenna. The proposed antenna can easily be employed in large-scale arrays thanks to the feeding system of the patches. A prototype is fabricated to verify the simulation results where the measurement results show the −10 dB impedance bandwidths of 40% (4.3–6.5 GHz) and 43% (4.2–6.5 GHz) at port #1 and port #2, respectively. Besides, the isolation between two ports and the radiation gain are obtained around 35 dB and 9 dBi, respectively, which are useful for WLAN applications.

Dual-band linearly and circularly polarized microstrip patch antennas with meandering slot and metallic vias

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Xianqi Lin ◽  
Jiawei Yu ◽  
Liying Nie
Keyword(s):  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Single Band ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Simulation Results

Patch antennas with a meandering slot and different distributions of grounded metallic vias are presented in this paper. The meandering slot is adopted to stimulate dual-band operation, while the number and position of the grounded metallic vias are suggested to achieve different radiation performances. The characteristics are analyzed in detail where we find that the existence of the vias also improves the impedance matching. Four samples are designed, where dual-band with both linear polarization, dual-band with circular- and linear-polarization, and single band with linear polarization are obtained, respectively. The samples are finally fabricated and the measurement results agree well with the simulation results.

scholarly journals A Low Profile Wideband Log Periodic Microstrip Antenna Design for C-Band Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yerlikaya ◽  
S. S. Gültekin ◽  
D. Uzer
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Microstrip Line ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Antenna Design ◽  
Tangent Loss ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
5 Ghz

In this study, a wideband low profile microstrip antenna design for C-band applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a monopol log periodic patch in the equilateral triangular dimensions with the microstrip line fed and a rectangular ground plane. The antenna has 9×19.8 mm2 overall size, thickness of 1.6 mm and 4.3 dielectric constant. According to the simulation results, the proposed antenna has a very wide bandwidth while operating in the frequency band of 4.25-7.95 GHz and 5 GHz resonance frequency. The proposed antenna was also prototyped on FR4 substrate with the 0.02 tangent loss and the measurement results were quite similar by the simulated results.

scholarly journals Microstrip Antenna with High Gain and Strong Directivity Loaded with Cascaded Hexagonal Ring-Shaped Metamaterial

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7289
Author(s):  
Cheng Cui ◽  
Yingnan Ren ◽  
Pengfei Tao ◽  
Binzhao Cao
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Microstrip Antennas ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Resonant Frequencies ◽  
Hexagonal Ring ◽  
Unit Structure ◽  
Ground Plate ◽  
Simulation Results

A new cascaded hexagonal ring-shaped metamaterial element is designed, which is arranged periodically and placed on the top of a traditional microstrip antenna to optimize the performance of the traditional antenna. The simulation results show that the new metamaterial microstrip antenna works at near 10 GHz, the impedance bandwidth is extended by 0.25 GHz and the gain is increased by 113.6% compared with a traditional microstrip antenna. Cross-shaped slots are etched on the ground plate of the microstrip antenna to widen the impedance bandwidth. It is shown that the impedance bandwidths at the resonant frequencies of 10 GHz and 14 GHz are broadened by 0.06 GHz and 0.56 GHz, respectively, and the gain of the slot-etched antenna is 13.454 dB. After the metamaterial unit structure is optimized, a nested double-hexagon ring-shaped electromagnetic metamaterial unit structure is proposed. The metamaterial slot microstrip antenna operates in two frequency bands of 10 GHz and 14 GHz; the relative bandwidths are increased to 16.9% and 19.4% with two working bandwidths of 1.74 GHz and 4.98 GHz, respectively; and the gain and directivity are also improved compared with the traditional microstrip antenna. The metamaterial unit structure proposed in this paper is of certain reference value for the variety of metamaterial and the application of metamaterial in traditional microstrip antennas.

scholarly journals Pattern Reconfigurable Wideband Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna for 60 GHz Band

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Bondarik ◽  
Daniel Sjöberg
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Wireless Communication Systems ◽  
60 Ghz ◽  
Central Frequency ◽  
Shift Method ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Parasitic Patch ◽  
Measurement Results

A beam shift method is presented for an aperture coupled stacked microstrip antenna with a gridded parasitic patch. The gridded parasitic patch is formed by nine close coupled identical rectangular microstrip patches. Each of these patches is resonant at the antenna central frequency. Using four switches connecting adjacent parasitic patches in the grid, it is possible to realize a pattern reconfigurable antenna with nine different beam directions in broadside, H-plane, E-plane, and diagonal planes. The switches are modeled by metal strips and different locations for strips are studied. As a result an increase in the antenna coverage is achieved. Measurement results for fabricated prototypes correspond very well to simulation results. The antenna is designed for 60 GHz central frequency and can be used in high speed wireless communication systems.

Design and development of a stacked complementary microstrip antenna with a “π”-shaped DGS for UWB, UNII, WLAN, WiMAX, and Radio Astronomy wireless applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1547-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanpreet Kaur ◽  
Rajesh Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Electromagnetic Coupling ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Structure ◽  
Wireless Applications ◽  
Feed Line ◽  
Parasitic Patch

The proposed research paper presents the design, development, and experimental testing of a broadband stacked complementary microstrip antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) (5.28–5.85 GHz), Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure band (UNII) (5.25–5.825 GHz), wireless local area networks (WLAN, IEEE802.11a, 5.15–5.35 GHz), and IEEE 802.11b (5.75–5.85 GHz), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access band (5.25–5.85 GHz), and Radio Astronomy band (6.6–6.75 GHz) wireless applications. The main aim of this paper is to obtain an UWB behavior from the combined effect of two resonances exhibited by the driven and parasitic patches of a stacked complementary antenna geometry. Circularly polarized radiations are also emitted by the antenna by the addition of an orthogonal stub to its feed line. The proposed three-layered antenna structure (without air gap) is fabricated on commercially available glass-reinforced epoxy laminate, FR4 substrate. The topmost layer of FR4 has a square-shaped patch parasitic patch printed over it; this patch has a square slot etched out from it. The middle layer of the antenna has a square-shaped driven patch of approximately the same dimensions as that of the slot in parasitic patch. The antenna is fed using aperture-coupled feeding mechanism. Therefore the lowermost layer of FR4 has a ground plane on its top with a “π”-shaped slot etched from it and a feed line with an orthogonal stub at its bottom forming a “T”-shaped geometry. The antenna is fed by the electromagnetic coupling between the antenna layers .The proposed antenna has a compact structure with overall volumetric dimensions of 4.7 × 3.82 × 0.483 cm3. The antenna design and simulations are carried out using CSTMWSV'10 with perfect boundary (electric and magnetic) estimations. This designed antenna shows an UWB behavior from 5.14 to 5.85 GHz with an impedance bandwidth of 710 MHZ and a fractional bandwidth of 12.62% at the center frequency of band at 5.5 GHz. The radiating antenna also possesses a good gain of 4.59 dBi at the central frequency of 5.50 GHz and a 1 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 820 MHz from 5.16 to 5.98 GHz. The validation of results is done by fabrication and experimental testing of the antenna using a vector network analyzer and placing the antenna in an anechoic chamber for gain measurements. The measured results show close matching with the simulated ones and this makes the antenna well suited for the proposed wireless applications of interest, specifically in small handheld wireless communication devices.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Antenna Mikrostrip Peripheral Slits Linear Array Untuk Aplikasi Wi-Fi

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Syah Alam ◽  
I Gusti Nyoman Yogi Wibisana ◽  
Indra Surjati
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Linear Array ◽  
Antenna Design ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Telecommunication Technology ◽  
Feeding Technique ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Simulation Results

Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) is the modern telecommunication technology nowadays being so widely used and developed at operating frequency of 2.4 GHz, that needs microstrip antenna as best suited supporting means for transmitting and receiving data signals as well at its wave transceiver subsystem.  The proposed antenna design were consists of four elements rectangular patch antenna with peripheral slits technique arranged in a linear array of 2x2 operating at the frequency of 2.4 GHz until 2.5 GHz. In addition to that, the feeding technique used in this research is microstrip fed line. The simulation from this research resulted in reducing the size of related antenna dimension up to 17% compared to that of four elements array without peripheral slits. It is also apparent that the bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 320 MHz (2.253 GHz–2.573 GHz) which is equivalent to bandwidth increase percentage of 13.07%, The simulation results in the center of frequency 2.448 GHz obtained return loss of -26.14 dB with a VSWR of 1.104. The measurement results obtained bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 150 MHz (2.424 GHz–2.574 GHz) which is equivalent to 12% increase of bandwidth percentage. The results of measurements process at the center of frequency 2.448 GHz obtained value of return loss of -16.88 dB with  VSWR of 1.304.

Application of View Cast Software in Foundry Technique Designing

2012 ◽  
Vol 538-541 ◽  
pp. 572-575
Author(s):  
Bin Feng He
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Steel Casting ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Casting Technique ◽  
Visible Effect ◽  
Simulation Results

Taking large scale steel casting for example; View Cast software was introduced to the designing process of the large scale steel casting technique. Solidification results show that the annular pop gate is beneficial to the casting. The side risers are used but it cannot eliminate the shrinkages because of the limited feeding distance according to the simulation results. So a top riser replaced it and some chills are used in the necessary regions. The results show that the new feeding system can help to progressive solidification and the shrinkages are eliminated. The temperature distribution is very clearly and the solidified part of casting is transparent which improved the visible effect and made it easy to read. People can estimate the shrinkage position easily.

A Wideband Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna Array Based on Mode Combination Method

Frequenz ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
Zhuo Mu ◽  
Shen-Yun Wang ◽  
Wen-Ying Meng
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Antenna Array ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Combination Method ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Measurement Results

Abstract This paper reports a novel polarization-reconfigurable antenna array based on the theory of mode combination (MC), which can electronically alter its polarization states between left-hand circular polarization (LCP) mode, right-hand circular polarization (RCP) mode, and two combined linear polarization (LP) modes. The array element is adopted as the L-probes fed circularly-polarized antenna reported by Luk et al. [1]. To verify the concept, a prototype of 2×2 antenna array is manufactured and tested. By properly exciting the feeding probes, four polarization modes can be switchable. Measurement results show that the proposed antenna has an overlapped −10 dB impedance bandwidth around 34 % for both CP modes and LP(2) mode, and an overlapped 3 dB axial-ratio bandwidth around 22.0 % of the CP modes. The average realized gains are around 12.4 dB for CP modes and LP(1) mode, which remain stable in the axial-ratio bandwidth.

Design and Simulation of a Broad Band Retrodirective Array Element

2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 3087-3090
Author(s):  
Feng Ge Hu ◽  
Jian Hua Zhang ◽  
Li Ye Fang
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Microstrip Line ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Array Element ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Gain ◽  
Dual Polarized ◽  
Retrodirective Array ◽  
Dual Polarized Antenna

In this paper, a novel dual-polarized antenna fed by microstrip line for retrodirective array is presented. The star-shaped patch is used to reduce the mutual coupling among array elements; also bandwidth can be enhanced by choosing stacked patch. The simulated results indicate that the impedance bandwidth (VSWR<2) achieve 17%, the antenna gain is higher than 8dB, the port-to-port isolation and polarization isolation maintain at less than-20dB. A 1-D retrodirective array is designed based on this novel element, the array displays better retrodirectivity. It is validated that the dual-polarized microstrip antenna can be widely used in retrodirective array.

Broadband multi-layer antenna with improved design for the applications of perfect impedance matching

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Abdipour ◽  
Saba Kazemi Alishahi ◽  
Kambiz Noormohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Line ◽  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Radiation Efficiency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Improved Design ◽  
5 Ghz

In this paper, the design of a broadband multi-layer microstrip antenna is presented. The broadband characteristics are the results of coupled resonances of the patch and transmission line through the resonant aperture. For this purpose, a cross-shaped transmission line, a ring slot, and a shaped ring patch are used. The simulation and measurement results indicate that a wide impedance bandwidth of 70% for |S11| < −10 dB and a perfect impedance matching 35% for |S11| < −20 dB are achieved. The gain is stable over the impedance bandwidth. The maximum gain of the proposed antenna is 8.8 dBi at 5 GHz. The radiation pattern, radiation efficiency, and cross-polarization are also suitable throughout the impedance bandwidth.

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