Antipodal Vivaldi antenna array with high gain and reduced mutual coupling for UWB applications

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiaa Herzi ◽  
Hsan Zairi ◽  
Ali Gharsallah
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Vivaldi Antenna ◽  
Uwb Applications

scholarly journals Wide-Band High-Gain DGS Antenna System for Indoor Robot Positioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Bai ◽  
Chenglie Du
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Fusion Technology ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Signal Fusion ◽  
Wireless Signal ◽  
Robot Positioning

Based on multisource wireless signal fusion technology, the autonomous positioning systems of robots have been widely employed. How to design a compact compostable antenna array for indoor robot positioning is still a problem. In this study, we proposed a compact ultrathin antenna unit that effectively reduces the mutual coupling between any adjacent units, while covering most of the existing communication bands, including 2G/3G/4G/Wi-Fi, which will greatly reduce the size of the positioning antenna array. The proposed antenna system has been employed for positioning purpose with high-gain, wide-frequency band and limited size. It necessarily improves the accuracy of positioning signal from various unknown sources and finally accomplishes its autonomous positioning function.

scholarly journals Improvement on a 2 × 2 Elements High-Gain Circularly Polarized Antenna Array

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Liu ◽  
A. Yan ◽  
C. Yu ◽  
T. Xu
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Orthorhombic Structure ◽  
Commercial Communication ◽  
Vivaldi Antenna ◽  
Serrated Structure ◽  
Vivaldi Antennas

A novel antipodal Vivaldi antenna with tapering serrated structure at the edges is proposed. Compared with traditional Vivaldi antennas without serrated structure, the gain of the designed antenna is significantly improved in the desired frequency band (4.5–7.5 GHz). In addition, a 2 × 2 Vivaldi antenna array with an orthorhombic structure is designed and fabricated to achieve a circular polarization (CP) characteristic. With this configuration, the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth of the array reaches about 42% with respect to the center frequency of 6 GHz and a high gain is achieved as well. The novel Vivaldi antenna and CP antenna array both have ultrawide band (UWB) and high-gain characteristics, which may be applied to the field of commercial communication, remote sensing, and so forth.

scholarly journals A New Linear Printed Vivaldi Antenna Array with Low Side Lobe Level and High Gain for the Band 3.5 GHz

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luong Xuan Truong ◽  
Truong Vu Bang Giang ◽  
Tran Minh Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Bat Algorithm ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Low Sidelobe ◽  
Vivaldi Antenna ◽  
Vivaldi Antennas

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.

scholarly journals Enhanced radiation characteristics for antipodal Vivaldi antenna using high permittivity dielectric director

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiaa Herzi ◽  
Moufida Bouslama ◽  
Ali Gharsallah
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Frequency Band ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Antenna Aperture ◽  
Radiation Characteristics ◽  
High Permittivity ◽  
Vivaldi Antenna

In this paper, we investigate the influence of higher permittivity dielectric director on the radiation performances of an antipodal Vivaldi antenna. An elliptical dielectric director with high permittivity is inserted in an antipodal Vivaldi antenna aperture in order to ameliorate the radiation characteristics of the antenna. Due to the capacity of elevated permittivity dielectric to confine and guide energy in the desired direction, an increment of 4[Formula: see text]dB in the gain of the antenna is obtained. This antenna, which covers an ultra-wide frequency band of 146.8% from 2.3[Formula: see text]GHz to 15[Formula: see text]GHz, has approximately regular radiation patterns with reduced side lobe level and narrower beamwidth. In the interest to achieve radar application necessities, the proposed antenna is exploited to develop an antenna array which consists of four connected elements. Adding dielectric directors can significantly enhance the radiations characteristics of the antenna and reduce the mutual coupling inter-elements. So using four elements with dielectric director in the antenna array can achieve the same results obtained with eight elements without directors. This can decrease the used number of elements that form the antenna array.

scholarly journals Two-Element Tapered Slot Antenna Array for Terahertz Resonant Tunneling Diode Oscillators

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jianxiong Li ◽  
Yunxiang Li ◽  
Weiguang Shi ◽  
Haolin Jiang ◽  
Luhong Mao
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Resonant Tunneling ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Beam Width ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Resonant Tunneling Diode ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Tunneling Diode ◽  
Metal Insulator Metal

Two-element tapered slot antenna (TSA) array for terahertz (THz) resonant tunneling diode (RTD) oscillators is proposed in this paper. The proposed TSA array has the advantages of both the high directivity and high gain at the horizontal direction and hence can facilitate the horizontal communication between the RTD oscillators and other integrated circuit chips. A MIM (metal-insulator-metal) stub with a T-shaped slot is used to reduce the mutual coupling between the TSA elements. The validity and feasibility of the proposed TSA array have been simulated and analyzed by the ANSYS/ANSOFT’s High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). Detailed modeling approaches and theoretical analysis of the proposed TSA array have been fully addressed. The simulation results show that the mutual coupling between the TSA elements is reduced below −40 dB. Furthermore, at 500 GHz, the directivity, the gain, and the half power beam width (HPBW) at theE-plane of the proposed TSA array are 12.18 dB, 13.09 dB, and 61°, respectively. The proposed analytical method and achieved performance are very promising for the antenna array integrated with the RTD oscillators at the THz frequency and could pave the way to the design of the THz antenna array for the RTD oscillators.

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