scholarly journals Analysis and Design of Cavity-Backed Probe-Fed Hybrid Microstrip Antennas on FR4 Substrate

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Nascimento ◽  
Prêntice C. Ribeiro Filho ◽  
Alexis F. Tinoco-S ◽  
J. C. da S. Lacava

A novel cavity-backed probe-fed linearly polarized microstrip antenna based on the concept of hybrid radiators is proposed and implemented. The resulting flush-mounted antenna exhibits symmetrical bandwidth, low cross-polarization radiation in theH-plane, due to its hybrid patch, and low cost, since it can be built on a FR4 laminate. Substrate integrated waveguide technology is used in the fabrication of the metallic cavity. The effect of mutual coupling is analyzed for two classical arrangements: the side-by-side and the collinear configurations.

Frequenz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
Christopher M. A. Bonenberger ◽  
Klaus W. Kark

Abstract Considering the narrow bandwidth of microstrip antennas, but also their applicability in upcoming technologies, this paper addresses the problem of wide-band matching, the theoretical bounds on the matching bandwidth and low-cost and low-complexity matching strategies. In this context the Bode-Fano bounds of single mode, linearly polarized aperture-coupled microstrip antennas is evaluated, optimized and compared to the theoretical bounds on matching bandwidth of other common feeding technologies. A detailed study of the input impedance of aperture-coupled patch antennas shows how to widen the Fano bounds. Based on this, a straight-forward and effective method to optimize the Fano bound is given. After optimization of the antennas input impedance, basic matching techniques can be applied, to exploit the enlarged bandwidth potential. As an example a $\lambda/4$-transformer as matching element is proposed. Design equations and simulation and measurement results of X-band prototypes are given as verification.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman S. Al-Zayed ◽  
Mohammed A. Kourah ◽  
Samir F. Mahmoud

The design of a frequency reconfigurable dual-band H-shaped microstrip antenna fed by two coaxial probes is presented. Each probe excites one of the two fundamental modes of the antenna which are linearly polarized and orthogonal to each other. The antenna is symmetrically loaded with four varactor diodes to simultaneously tune these two modes. Simulation results show that the tunable range of the first mode is between 1.69 and 2.19 GHz (1.3 : 1 tuning ratio), whereas it is between 1.94 and 2.72 GHz (1.4 : 1 tuning ratio) for the second mode. In the range between 1.94 and 2.19 GHz, the radiation of the proposed antenna can be switched between two orthogonal linear polarizations by a simple adjustment to the capacitance of the varactor diodes. The proposed antenna achieves a good performance in terms of port-to-port isolation, directivity, and cross-polarization.


Frequenz ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizhong Hu ◽  
Guangming Wang ◽  
Jiangang Liang ◽  
Chenxin Zhang

AbstractA novel compact electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure consisting of two turns complementary spiral resonator (CSR) and conventional mushroom EBG (CM-EBG) structure is introduced to suppress the mutual coupling in antenna arrays for multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) applications. Eigenmode calculation is used to investigate the proposed CSR-loaded mushroom-type EBG (MT-EBG), which proved to exhibit bandgap property and a miniaturization of 48.9% is realized compared with the CM-EBG. By inserting the proposed EBG structure between two E-plane coupled microstrip antennas, a mutual coupling reduction of 8.13 dB has been achieved numerically and experimentally. Moreover, the EBG-loaded antenna has better far-field radiation patterns compared with the reference antenna. Thus, this novel EBG structure with advantages of compactness and high decoupling efficiency opens an avenue to new types of antennas with super performances.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Bhattacharjee ◽  
Santimoy Mandal ◽  
Chandan Kumar Ghosh

Abstract For closely spaced microstrip antenna elements, Mutual Coupling (MC) is an inevitable phenomenon which degrades antenna performances like gain, radiation pattern, return loss, radiation efficiency etc. Lot of works have been done on the reduction of MC and published the results in the open literatures. This paper presents an approach to suppress MC between two closely spaced microstrip radiators. This is achieved by inserting properly designed EMSS structure between the radiating elements. This EMSS acts as an electrical wall between two rectangular patches and reduces mutual coupling up to 50 dB at resonance frequency of 4.35 GHz. In this attempt, Cross Polarization (XP) reduction of 12.5dB has also been achieved with a gain 5.40dBi for the proposed antenna. The centre to centre spacing between the antenna elements is taken as 22.1mm (0.32λ).The proposed MIMO antenna system can be used for satellite communication and radar system.


We are living in the era of wireless communication. From accessing Internet through smartphones and Wi-Fi, changing TV channels with remote controls, using wireless computer peripherals like mouse, keyboards and headphones to mobile body area networks for keeping track of heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature, applications of wireless communication is everywhere. The most frequent and common use of wireless communication is mobile phones or cellular phones which uses the radio waves to carry data from one place to another. Though there are many advantages of wireless communication which makes it so popular, there are two most significant challenges in implementing a wireless communication system: multipath propagation and limited information rate. The concept of multipath propagation refers to travelling of wireless signal to the receiving antenna via different paths in space resulting in inter-symbol interference and fading. This phenomenon leads to failure of maximum use of the bandwidth resulting in low information rate. The problematic event of multipath propagation can be exploited by using more than one antenna (MIMO) in the sending and the receiving side. Multiple sending antennas use the concept of space diversity by sending same data signal through different path based on the fact that different version of the same signal will be received by the receiver increasing quality and reliability of the received data signal.Though in the current usage scenario, MIMO actually exploits multipath propagation concept for carrying more than one data stream over the same radio signal. One of the most important factors that influence the efficiency of MIMO antenna systems is the design layout of multiple antennas. Microstrip antennas, having small height and width, low cost, low weight and small volume can be a suitable candidate for being used as MIMO. The wireless performance of locally limited wireless communication systems such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi using 2.4 GHz unlicensed band can be increased significantly by incorporating the advantages of MIMO and microstrip antenna technology. In this paper, the performance of MIMO Microstrip antenna using OFDM technique for 2.4 GHz communication has been evaluated.


Author(s):  
V. Saidulu

Microstrip antennas find wide applications in high-speed vehicles, and missiles, tanks, satellite communications etc. The main advantage of these antennas over conventional microwave antenna are lightweight, low volume, low cost, planar structure and compatibility with integrated circuits. The present paper deals with the design and development of 90o hybrid feed square patch stacked antenna. The design of square patch and 900 hybrid feed has been carried out at frequency of 3 GHz on epoxy glass substrate, the radiation pattern of the square patch has been experimentally studied. The effect of stacked patches placed above the square patch has been studied experimentally for different cases like 1,2,3 and 4 stacked patches placed one above other above the driven square patch. From the experimental result it has been found that performance of the case of 1 + 2 (one driven element and two parasitic element) is optimum with bandwidth of 16 % and VSWR 1.42 the performance degrades the no of practical elements is increased that is for case 1 + 3 and 1 + 4 etc., The performance of 1 + 2 case of also found to be superior to the performance 1+ 0 and 1+1 cases experimentally studied, also been carried out for cross Polarization and co – polarization.


2011 ◽  
Vol E94-B (9) ◽  
pp. 2653-2655
Author(s):  
Kazuki IKEDA ◽  
Keigo SATO ◽  
Ken-ichi KAGOSHIMA ◽  
Shigeki OBOTE ◽  
Atsushi TOMIKI ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Keyur Mahant ◽  
Hiren Mewada ◽  
Amit Patel ◽  
Alpesh Vala ◽  
Jitendra Chaudhari

Aim: In this article, wideband substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and rectangular waveguide (RWG) transition operating in Ka-band is proposed Objective: In this article, wideband substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and rectangular waveguide (RWG) transition operating in Ka-band is proposed. Method: Coupling patch etched on the SIW cavity to couple the electromagnetic energy from SIW to RWG. Moreover, metasurface is introduced into the radiating patch to enhance bandwidth. To verify the functionality of the proposed structure back to back transition is designed and fabricated on a single layer substrate using standard printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication technology. Results: Measured results matches with the simulation results, measured insertion loss is less than 1.2 dB and return loss is better than 3 dB for the frequency range of 28.8 to 36.3 GHz. By fabricating transition with 35 SRRs bandwidth of the proposed transition can be improved. Conclusion: The proposed transition has advantages like compact in size, easy to fabricate, low cost and wide bandwidth. Proposed structure is a good candidate for millimeter wave circuits and systems.


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