scholarly journals A Differentially Driven Dual-Polarized Dual-Wideband Complementary Antenna for 2G/3G/LTE Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Botao Feng ◽  
Shufang Li ◽  
Wenxing An ◽  
Weijun Hong ◽  
Sixing Yin
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Band ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Lower Layer ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
Lte Networks ◽  
High Isolation ◽  
Lower Frequency Band ◽  
Dual Polarized

A novel differentially driven dual-polarized dual-wideband complementary patch antenna with high isolation is proposed for 2G/3G/LTE applications. In order to generate dual-polarization and dual-wideband properties, a pair of biorthogonal dual-layerη-shaped tapered line feeding structures is utilized to feed two pairs of dual-layer U-shaped patches, respectively. The upper-layer U-shaped patches mainly serve the upper frequency band, while the lower-layer ones chiefly work for the lower frequency band. Besides, a horned reflector is introduced to improve radiation patterns and provide stable gain. The prototype antenna can achieve a bandwidth of 25.7% (0.78 GHz–1.01 GHz) with a stable gain of7.8±0.7 dBi for the lower band, and a bandwidth of 45.7% (1.69 GHz–2.69 GHz) with a gain of9.5±1.1 dBi for the upper band. Input isolation exceeding 30 dB has been obtained in the wide bandwidth. Thus, it can be potentially used as a base station antenna for 2G/3G/LTE networks.

scholarly journals Magnetoelectric Dipole Antenna with Dual Polarization and High Isolation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Xujun Yang ◽  
Lei Ge ◽  
Dengguo Zhang ◽  
Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Dipole Antenna ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Dual Polarization ◽  
High Isolation ◽  
Microstrip Lines ◽  
Directional Radiation ◽  
Dual Polarized ◽  
Coaxial Lines

A dual-polarized aperture-coupled magnetoelectric (ME) dipole antenna is presented in this paper. The feeding network is based on substrate-integrated coaxial lines (SICLs). To describe the effect of the SICL on improving the isolation, the ME dipole with another two different feeding configurations, microstrip lines and striplines, respectively, is compared. As such, the coupling between the transmission lines is tremendously reduced and the isolation between the two input ports of different polarization is enhanced. An antenna prototype is fabricated and tested, exhibiting good performances, including an isolation level of higher than 30 dB between the two input ports and gains of more than 9.5 dBi. Besides, the proposed design is capable of achieving stable directional radiation patterns with cross-polarization levels lower than −22 dB and back radiation levels lower than −24 dB.

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