scholarly journals Guard lines conformal slotted antenna array for multiband application

Author(s):  
Brajlata Chauhan ◽  
Suresh Chandra Gupta ◽  
Sandip Vijay

<span>This work investigated a miniaturized slotted conformal antenna array for multiband application. Three guard lines are incorporated to the side of main patch and top of main patch to reduce surface current for planner surface and observe the effect of guard line due to which it resonate at three frequencies in X band and Ku band to be useful for multiband. A rectangular slot is etched at center of patches to increase the current path for wide band application. A quarter wavelength feeding network is used with good agreement of impedance matching. The main lobe width and direction shows through the radiation pattern which remains stable even it is significantly curved. This structure is wrapped around a cylinder with a diameter of 41.4 mm in the circumferential direction. It is observed that the planner antenna array operating at 8.4 GHz, 11.2 GHz &amp;18.2 GHz with a return loss of -20 dB to -45 dB with fractional BW of 25% at 3rd frequency range and the directivity from 3.4 dBi-6.8 dBi. By doing some alteration in dimensions for the conformal antenna producing fractional BW of 20% and the directivity 5.5 to 9.1 dBi at resonating frequencies of 8.4 GHz, 11.4 GHz, and 17.5 GHz. This proposed array is simulated on CST software.</span>

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 826-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanweer Ali ◽  
Mohammad Saadh Aw ◽  
Rajashekhar C. Biradar

A novel concept of using fractal antenna with metamaterial and slot to achieve multiband operation is investigated. The antenna consists of an L-shaped slot, Sierpinski triangle (used as fractal) as the radiating part and metamaterial circular split ring resonator (SRR) as the ground plane. The introduction of metamaterial in the ground plane makes the antenna operate at 3.3 GHz (middle WiMAX). The etching of Sierpinski triangle and L-shaped slot in the radiating monopole perturbs the surface current distribution; thereby increasing the total current path length which tends the antenna to further operate at 5.5 (upper WiMAX), 7.3 (satellite TV) and 9.9 GHz (X-band), respectively. The extraction of medium parameter of a circular SRR through waveguide medium is discussed in detail. The antenna has a compact dimension of 0.33λ0 × 0.27λ0 × 0.01λ0 = 30 mm × 24.8 mm × 1.6 mm, at a lower frequency of 3.3 GHz. Under simulation, antenna operates at 3.3, 5.5, 7.3 and 9.9 GHz with S11 < −10 dB bandwidth of about 5.9% (3.24–3.44 GHz), 5.6% (5.31–5.62 GHz), 7.3% (6.99–7.52 GHz) and 3.02% (9.78–10.08 GHz), respectively. In measurement, antenna exhibit resonances at 3.1, 5.52, 7.31, 9.72 GHz with S11 < −10 dB bandwidth of about 3.5% (3.04–3.15 GHz), 5.01% (5.44–5.72 GHz), 13.2% (6.76–7.72 GHz) and 5.77% (9.42–9.98 GHz), respectively. Good impedance matching and stable radiation characteristics are observed across the operational bandwidth of the proposed configuration.


Frequenz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 401-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Wei ◽  
Xin Tong Zou ◽  
Xin Yi Wang ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
Xi Bei Zhao

Abstract A compact differential ultra-wide band (UWB) planar quasi-Yagi antenna is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna consists of a balanced stepped-impedance microstrip-slotline transition structure, a driver dipole and one parasitic strip. A wide differential-mode (DM) impedance bandwidth covering from 3.8 to 9.5 GHz is realized. Meanwhile, a high and wideband common-mode (CM) suppression can be achieved by employing the balanced stepped-impedance microstrip-slotline transition structure. It is noted that the DM passband is independent from the CM response, which can significantly simplify the design procedure. In addition, a reconfigurable sharp DM notched band from 5.6 to 6.7 GHz is generated by adding one pair of quarter-wavelength varactor-loaded short-circuited stubs adjacent to the microstrip line symmetrically. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the design, two prototypes of the antennas are designed, fabricated, and measured. A good agreement between the simulated and measured results is observed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengrui Li ◽  
Xiaole Kang ◽  
Jianxun Su ◽  
Qingxin Guo ◽  
Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang ◽  
...  

The characteristics of a novel antipodal Vivaldi antenna array mounted on a dielectric cone are presented. By employing antipodal Vivaldi antenna element, the antenna array shows ultrawide bandwidth and end-fire radiation characteristics. Our simulations show that the cone curvature has an obvious influence on the performance of the conformal antenna, in terms of both the bandwidth and the radiation patterns. The thickness and permittivity of the dielectric cone have an effect on the bandwidth of the conformal antenna. Measurement results of both single antenna and conformal antenna array show a good agreement with the simulated results. The measured conformal antenna can achieve a −10 dBS11with bandwidth of 2.2–12 GHz and demonstrate a typical end-fire radiation beam. These findings provide useful guidelines and insights for the design of wideband end-fire antennas mounted on a dielectric cone.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 915-921
Author(s):  
Ling-Ling Yang ◽  
Yan-Hui Ke ◽  
Jian-Xin Chen

AbstractA bidirectional dielectric resonator (DR) antenna array using back-to-back quasi-Yagi antenna configuration is proposed and implemented for the first time. The DR operating at higher-order TE3δ1 mode is used as a magnetic dipole, applying for the driver of quasi-Yagi antenna. Due to the high-order mode employment, the antenna gain can be enhanced. By partially loading the metallic strip on the side wall of the DR, the gain can be further enhanced. In addition, a simple dual Marchand balun is constructed for feeding the two quasi-Yagi antennas directly for bidirectional radiation. To verify the design concept, a prototype operating at the X-band is fabricated and measured. Good agreement between the simulated and measured results can be observed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danvir Mandal ◽  
S. S. Pattnaik

A novel wide coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed multiband wearable monopole antenna is presented. The multiband operation is achieved by generating slanted monopoles of different lengths from an isosceles triangular patch. The different operating frequencies of the proposed antenna are associated with the lengths of the slanted monopoles, which are determined under quarter wavelength resonance condition. The CPW line is used as a multiband impedance-matching structure. The two grounds are slightly extended for better impedance matching. The proposed antenna is designed to cover the 1800 MHz GSM, 2.4 GHz/5.2 GHz WLAN, and 3.5 GHz WiMAX bands. The measured peak gains and impedance bandwidths are about 4.18/3.83/2.6/2.94 dBi and 410/260/170/520 MHz for the 1550-1960 MHz/2.3-2.56 GHz/3.4-3.57 GHz/5.0-5.52 GHz bands, respectively. The calculated averaged specific absorption rate (SAR) values at all the resonant frequencies are well below the standard limit of 2 W/kg, which ensures its feasibility for wearable applications. The antenna performance under different bending configurations is investigated and the results are presented. The reflection coefficient characteristics of the proposed antenna is also measured for different on-arm conditions and the results are compared. A good agreement between experimental and simulation results validates the proposed design approach.


IEEE Access ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 146976-146982
Author(s):  
Yan Wang ◽  
Sixing Liu ◽  
Yong Huang ◽  
Hao Wang

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1741-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Jalali ◽  
Mohammad Naser-Moghadasi ◽  
Ramezan Ali Sadeghzadeh

Wide-band circularly polarized multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna array with a 2 × 4 feed network was proposed for C-band application. Different unique techniques were utilized in the proposed array to enhance the antenna characteristics, such as gain, 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW), impedance tuning, and ruinous mutual coupling effects. A miniaturized dual-feed Tai chi-shaped antenna element with a pair of feeding points and a pair of eyebrow-shaped strips was presented for enhancing circular polarization (CP) purity and impedance matching. For a better improvement of CP features, a 2*4 MIMO sequentially rotated (MIMO-SR) feed network was used to achieve broader 3 dB ARBW. Besides, the MIMO feature of the feed network could control the left- and right-handed CP, respectively. Ultimately, specific forms of slot and slit structures were applied onto the top layer of MIMO feed network that provided a high isolation between the radiating elements and array network. Furthermore, the diversity gain (DG) was studied. The extracted measured results illustrated an impedance bandwidth of 3.5–8.2 GHz at port 1 and 3.5–8.3 GHz at port 2 for VWSR < 2 and 3 dB ARBW of 4.6–7.6 GHz at port 1 and 4.6–7.5 GHz at port 2. The peak gain of 9.9 dBi was at 6 GHz.


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