scholarly journals High-gain PDMS-magnetite zero refractive index metamaterial antenna for Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
Noorlindawaty Md. Jizat ◽  
Nazihah Ahmad ◽  
Zubaida Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Faizal Jamlos
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Simulation Design ◽  
Wave Impact ◽  
Suitable Candidate ◽  
Antenna Performance ◽  
Vehicle To Vehicle ◽  
Metamaterial Antenna ◽  
V2v Communications

This paper presents the simulation design of a high-gain antenna using zero refractive index fishnet metamaterial (MTM) perforated on PDMS-Magnetite substrate for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications. In order to design the MTM, magnetite nanoparticles, 10-nm iron oxide (Fe3O4) are dispersed into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix. Subsequently, the unit cell is designed by removing the circular hole with radius of 3.69 mm on the PDMS-Magnetite substrate layer and arranged in 5×5 array fishnet configuration. This optimized MTM is inserted between the antenna design and pure PDMS substrate to improve the gain. The characteristic of the respective unit-cell is investigated to operate at 5.9 GHz and the effectiveness of MTM is performed by comparing the antenna performance with and without MTM. The unique characteristics of zero refractive index transform the diverging wave into plane wave for perfectly parallel wave impact on the design to improve the directivity and gain of the antenna. The proposed MTM into design improves the antenna gain to 7.36 dB without having to compromise other antenna parameters of return loss, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), gain, directivity, efficiency, current distribution, radiation pattern and bandwidth. These advantages has made proposed antenna as a suitable candidate for V2V in Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) application since high-gain directional antenna is required to increase the sensitivity towards signals coming from certain direction.

Analysis and Design of High Gain NRI Superstrate Based Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting System

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 647
Author(s):  
K.K.A. Devi ◽  
C. H. Ng
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Negative Refractive Index ◽  
Effective Permittivity ◽  
Resonant Cavity ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Split Ring Resonator ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Impedance Match ◽  
Strip Line ◽  
Analysis And Design

<p>A high gain patch antenna inspired by 4 layers of negative refractive index (NRI) metamaterial superstrate is proposed to operate at downlink radio frequency (RF) band (935 MHz to 960 MHz of GSM 900). The metamaterial unit cell consists of a nested split ring resonator (SRR) and strip line laminated on other side of FR4 substrate. The effective permittivity and permeability of the proposed unit cell are designed synchronously to approach zero, which leads the NRI superstrate to have impedance match with zero and negative refractive index.The NRI superstrate is studied using Fabry-Perot (F-P) resonant cavity. The gain is improved by 82.48% at the air gap of 55 mm in the desired frequency band.Therefore, the gain of the antenna is effectively enhanced based on the negative refractive index metamaterial. The measured radiation pattern and S parameter results also showed that it has good agreement with the simulation results.</p>

scholarly journals Realization of frequency hopping characteristics of an epsilon negative metamaterial with high effective medium ratio for multiband microwave applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tariqul Islam ◽  
Md. Moniruzzaman ◽  
Touhidul Alam ◽  
Md Samsuzzaman ◽  
Qutaiba A. Razouqi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Frequency Hopping ◽  
Small Dimension ◽  
Effective Medium ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Negative Permittivity ◽  
Design System ◽  
Microwave Applications ◽  
Meander Line

AbstractIn this paper, a meander-lines-based epsilon negative (ENG) metamaterial (MTM) with a high effective medium ratio (EMR) and near-zero refractive index (NZI) is designed and investigated for multiband microwave applications. The metamaterial unit cell is a modification of the conventional square split-ring resonator in which the meander line concept is utilized. The meander line helps to increase the electrical length of the rings and provides strong multiple resonances within a small dimension. The unit cell of proposed MTM is initiated on a low-cost FR4 substrate of 1.5 mm thick and electrical dimension of 0.06λ × 0.06λ, where wavelength, λ is calculated at the lowest resonance frequency (2.48 GHz). The MTM provides four major resonances of transmission coefficient (S21) at 2.48, 4.28, 9.36, and 13.7 GHz covering S, C, X, and Ku bands. It shows negative permittivity, near-zero permeability, and near-zero refractive index in the vicinity of these resonances. The equivalent circuit is designed and modeled in Advanced Design System (ADS) software. The simulated S21 of the MTM unit cell is compared with the measured one and both show close similarity. The array performance of the MTM is also evaluated by using 2 × 2, 4 × 4, and 8 × 8 arrays that show close resemblance with the unit cell. The MTM offers a high effective medium ratio (EMR) of 15.1, indicating the design's compactness. The frequency hopping characteristics of the proposed MTM is investigated by open and short-circuited the three outer rings split gaps by using three switches. Eight different combinations of the switching states provide eight different sets of multiband resonances within 2–18 GHz; those give the flexibility of using the proposed MTM operating in various frequency bands. For its small dimension, NZI, high EMR, and frequency hopping characteristics through switching, this metamaterial can be utilized for multiband microwave applications, especially to enhance the gain of multiband antennas.

scholarly journals Investigating and Modeling of Cooperative Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Stopping Distance

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Steven Knowles Flanagan ◽  
Zuoyin Tang ◽  
Jianhua He ◽  
Irfan Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
High Reliability ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Ieee 802.11P ◽  
Packet Losses ◽  
The Road ◽  
V2v Communication ◽  
Stopping Distance ◽  
Vehicle To Vehicle ◽  
V2v Communications ◽  
On The Road

Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) or IEEE 802.11p/OCB (Out of the Context of a Base-station) is widely considered to be a primary technology for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, and it is aimed toward increasing the safety of users on the road by sharing information between one another. The requirements of DSRC are to maintain real-time communication with low latency and high reliability. In this paper, we investigate how communication can be used to improve stopping distance performance based on fieldwork results. In addition, we assess the impacts of reduced reliability, in terms of distance independent, distance dependent and density-based consecutive packet losses. A model is developed based on empirical measurements results depending on distance, data rate, and traveling speed. With this model, it is shown that cooperative V2V communications can effectively reduce reaction time and increase safety stop distance, and highlight the importance of high reliability. The obtained results can be further used for the design of cooperative V2V-based driving and safety applications.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Partially Reflective Surface for Smart Blocks

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 6508
Author(s):  
Jae Hee Kim ◽  
Dong-Jin Lee ◽  
Tae-Ki An ◽  
Jong-Gyu Hwang ◽  
Chi-Hyung Ahn
Keyword(s):  
High Gain ◽  
Antenna Gain ◽  
High Gain Antenna ◽  
Reflective Surface ◽  
Antenna Performance ◽  
Directional Radiation ◽  
Performance Deterioration ◽  
Polarization Characteristics ◽  
Half Power ◽  
Gain Characteristic

In general, a partially reflective surface (PRS) is mainly used to increase the gain of an antenna; some metallic objects placed on the PRS degrades the antenna performance because the objects change the periodic structure of the PRS. Herein, we propose a multifunctional PRS for smart block application. When a passenger passes over a smart block, the fare can be simultaneously collected and presented through the LED display. This requires high gain antenna with LED structure. The high gain characteristic helps the antenna identify passengers only when they pass over the block. The multifunctional PRS has a structure in which an LED can be placed in the horizontal direction while increasing the antenna gain. We used the antenna’s polarization characteristics to prevent performance deterioration when LED lines are placed in the PRS. We built the proposed antenna and measured its performance: At 2.41 GHz, the efficiency was 81.4%, and the antenna gain was 18.3 dBi. Furthermore, the half-power beamwidth was 18°, confirming a directional radiation pattern.

scholarly journals Bio-Inspired Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Wideband Sub-6 GHz Range

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 8826
Author(s):  
Luigi Melchiorre ◽  
Ilaria Marasco ◽  
Giovanni Niro ◽  
Vito Basile ◽  
Valeria Marrocco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Resonator ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Dielectric Resonator Antenna ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Dielectric Resonator Antennas ◽  
Antenna Performance ◽  
Rapid Production ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies

Through the years, inspiration from nature has taken the lead for technological development and improvement. This concept firmly applies to the design of the antennas, whose performances receive a relevant boost due to the implementation of bio-inspired geometries. In particular, this idea holds in the present scenario, where antennas working in the higher frequency range (5G and mm-wave), require wide bandwidth and high gain; nonetheless, ease of fabrication and rapid production still have their importance. To this aim, polymer-based 3D antennas, such as Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRAs) have been considered as suitable for fulfilling antenna performance and fabrication requirements. Differently from numerous works related to planar-metal-based antenna development, bio-inspired DRAs for 5G and mm-wave applications are at their beginning. In this scenario, the present paper proposes the analysis and optimization of a bio-inspired Spiral shell DRA (SsDRA) implemented by means of Gielis’ superformula, with the goal of boosting the antenna bandwidth. The optimized SsDRA geometrical parameters were also determined and discussed based on its fabrication feasibility exploiting Additive Manufacturing technologies. The results proved that the SsDRA provides relevant bandwidth, about 2 GHz wide, and satisfactory gain (3.7 dBi and 5 dBi, respectively) at two different frequencies, 3.5 GHz and 5.5 GHz.

Frequency Reconfigurable Epsilon Negative Metamaterial Antenna

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1473
Author(s):  
Arrauzah Razak ◽  
M. K. A. Rahim ◽  
H. A. Majid ◽  
N. A. Murad
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Resonance Frequency ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Circular Shape ◽  
At Resonance ◽  
Metamaterial Antenna ◽  
Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna ◽  
Radius Size

This paper proposes metamaterial (MTM) inspired frequency reconfigurable antenna based on thecircular electric field coupled (ELC) resonator. It is composed of circular shape ELC resonator with the radius size of 7 mm. By inserting two switches between the gaps at both side of the circular ELC resonator, it is possible to switch ON or OFF the unit cell. The antenna has been simulated using CST Microwave Studio software tool. The simulation result shows that the proposed antenna is capable of reconfiguring between two different frequencies which are2.18 GHz and 2.64 GHz. The simulated bandwidth at -10 dB is 4.12 % at resonance frequency of 2.18 GHz and 8.7% at 2.64 GHz

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