Analysis of Wideband Antenna Performance over Dual Band Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) Ground Plane

2015 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimi Dewan ◽  
M.K.A. Rahim ◽  
Mohamad Rijal Hamid ◽  
M.F.M. Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Wideband Antenna ◽  
Antenna Performance ◽  
Perfect Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Additional Resonance ◽  
Unit Cells

A Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) wideband antenna operates from 2.69 GH to 6.27 GHz which act as reference antenna (RA) has been designed. A Dual Band AMC (DBAMC) unit cells have been proposed to operate at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz. AMC is a metamaterial which mimics the behavior of zero reflection phase of Perfect Magnetic Conductor (PMC) at resonance frequency which not naturally existed in nature. Subsequently the antenna is incorporated with AMC unit cell, herein referred as Antenna with Dual Band AMC (ADBAMC). The DBAMC succesfully excites additional resonance at 2.45 GHz outside the initial operating range of standalone CPW wideband antenna. Incorporation of DBAMC to antenna achieves back lobe suppression at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz. The overall average gain of AMC incorporated antenna is improved from 2.69 to 6.29 GHz as opposed to the standalone reference CPW wideband antenna. Study of surface current is also presented and discussed.

scholarly journals Unidirectional Dual-Band CPW-Fed Antenna Loaded with an AMC Reflector

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qun Luo ◽  
Huiping Tian ◽  
Zhitong Huang ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
Zheng Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Suitable Candidate ◽  
Gain Enhancement ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Frequency Identification

A unidirectional dual-band coplanar waveguide fed antenna (DB-CPWFA) loaded with a reflector is presented in this paper. The reflector is made of an electric ground plane, a dielectric substrate, and artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) which shows an effective dual operational bandwidth. Then, the closely spaced AMC reflector is employed under the DB-DPWFA for performance improvement including unidirectional radiation, low profile, gain enhancement, and higher front-to-back (F/B) ratio. The final antenna design exhibits an 8% and 13% impedance bandwidths for 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz frequency regions, respectively. The overall gain enhancement of about 4 dB is achieved. The F/B ratio is approximate to 20 dB with a 16 dB improvement. The measured results are inconsistent with the numerical values. The presented design is a suitable candidate for radio frequency identification (RFID) reader application.

WiMAX and C bands semi-fractal circularly polarized antenna with satellite bands filtering properties

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 978-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sedghi ◽  
T. Aribi ◽  
A. Kalami
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Satellite Systems ◽  
Directional Radiation ◽  
Cell Patterns ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
New Generation

AbstractA compact coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed circular polarization (CP)-antenna for new generation applications with dual bands filtering performance along with CP feature based on unit-cell semi-fractal is proposed in this paper. The CP-antenna privileges from semi-fractal radiator causes to have a miniaturized size. The stopped bands are designed to suppress the interference with present WLAN and ITU-R satellite systems. These properties are obtained by embedding semi-fractal unit-cell patterns stubs at the radiator and applying two rectangular-shaped slits inside CPW ground plane and a pair of grounded L-shaped strips. By introducing the first step of semi-fractal strips, and the mirrored defected ground surface structures, dual-band rejection functionality at WLAN (5–6 GHz) and ITU-R (7.725–8.5 GHz) are practically obtained. Besides that, semi-fractal strips results to two orthogonal modes stimulation on the radiator and CP attribute are obtained at WiMAX (3.1–3.7 GHz). CP-antenna presents omni-directional radiation H-plane patterns over the applicational frequency band. The CP-antennas size is 25 mm × 25 mm and fabricated on commercially available FR4-epoxy substrate with 1 mm thickness. Measured results illustrate that the proposed ultimate CP-antenna with miniaturized structure, efficient impedance tuning characteristics, and adequate radiation performances is the best choice for new generation of wireless communications.

scholarly journals Bandwidth Enhancement Technique of the Meandered Monopole Antenna

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Chien-Jen Wang ◽  
Dai-Heng Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Matching Condition ◽  
Resonant Mode ◽  
Monopole Antenna ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Feeding Structure

A small dual-band monopole antenna with coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding structure is presented in this paper. The antenna is composed of a meandered monopole, an extended conductor tail, and an asymmetrical ground plane. Tuning geometrical structure of the ground plane excites an additional resonant frequency band and thus enhances the impedance bandwidth of the meandered monopole antenna. Unlike the conventional monopole antenna, the new resonant mode is excited by a slot trace of the CPW transmission line. The radiation performance of the slot mode is as similar as that of the monopole. The parametrical effect of the size of the one-side ground plane on impedance matching condition has been derived by the simulation. The measured impedance bandwidths, which are defined by the reflection coefficient of −6 dB, are 186 MHz (863–1049 MHz, 19.4%) at the lower resonant band and 1320 MHz (1490–2810 MHz, 61.3%) at the upper band. From the results of the reflection coefficients of the proposed monopole antenna, the operated bandwidths of the commercial wireless communication systems, such as GSM 900, DCS, IMT-2000, UMTS, WLAN, LTE 2300, and LTE 2500, are covered for uses.

scholarly journals A Compact, Low-Profile Log-Periodic Meandered Dipole Array Antenna with an Artificial Magnetic Conductor

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oh Heon Kwon ◽  
Sungwoo Lee ◽  
Jong Min Lee ◽  
Keum Cheol Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Ground Plane ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Main Beam ◽  
Beam Direction ◽  
Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Artificial Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Line Configuration ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
Meander Line

A compact and low-profile log-periodic meandered dipole array (LPMDA) antenna with an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is proposed. For compactness, a meander line configuration is implemented with dipole elements and optimized using a genetic algorithm (GA) to realize the LPMDA antenna. As a result, a size reduction of approximately 30% is achieved as compared to a conventional log-periodic dipole array antenna. To enhance the gain characteristics, the AMC ground plane configuration is realized with 9 × 9 unit cells for the LPMDA antenna. Two prototypes of the proposed LPMDA antennas with and without an AMC are fabricated and measured to verify its performance. The measured −10 dB reflection ratio bandwidths are 2.56 : 1 (0.85–2.18 GHz) and 2.34 : 1 (0.92–2.16 GHz) for the proposed LPMDA antennas with and without the AMC, respectively. The gain at the main beam direction within the operating frequency bandwidth is significantly improved from 3.94–7.17 dBi to 7.86–10.01 dBi by applying the AMC.

scholarly journals A Novel Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Rectangular Slot Antenna

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biao Li ◽  
Yang Ding ◽  
Ying-Zeng Yin
Keyword(s):  
Return Loss ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Surface Current Density ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Metal Frame

A coplanar waveguide fed dual-band circularly polarized rectangular slot antenna is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a rectangular metal frame acting as a ground and an S-shaped monopole as a radiator. The spatial distribution of the surface current density is employed to demonstrate that the circular polarization is generated by the S-shaped monopole which controls the path of the surface currents. An antenna prototype, having overall dimension 37 × 37 × 1 mm3, has been fabricated on FR4 substrate with dielectric constant 4.4. The proposed antenna achieves 10 dB return loss bandwidths and 3 dB axial ratio (AR) in the frequency bands 2.39–2.81 GHz and 5.42–5.92 GHz, respectively. Both these characteristics are suitable for WLAN and WiMAX applications.

scholarly journals A CPW-Fed Rectangular Ring Monopole Antenna for WLAN Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangjin Jo ◽  
Hyunjin Choi ◽  
Beomsoo Shin ◽  
Sangyeol Oh ◽  
Jaehoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Local Area Network ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Monopole Antenna ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Feed Line ◽  
Compact Size

We present a simple coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed rectangular ring monopole antenna designed for dual-band wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. The antenna is based on a simple structure composed of a CPW feed line and a rectangular ring. Dual-band WLAN operation can be achieved by controlling the distance between the rectangular ring and the ground plane of the CPW feed line, as well as the horizontal vertical lengths of the rectangular ring. Simulated and measured data show that the antenna has a compact size of21.4×59.4 mm2, an impedance bandwidths of 2.21–2.70 GHz and 5.04–6.03 GHz, and a reflection coefficient of less than −10 dB. The antenna also exhibits an almost omnidirectional radiation pattern. This simple compact antenna with favorable frequency characteristics therefore is attractive for applications in dual-band WLAN.

scholarly journals A Circular Coplanar Waveguide Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna with Modified Triangular Ground for UWB Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S) ◽  
pp. 170-174
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Stop Band ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Structure ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Antenna Performance

This research article gives a detailed insight of the design, simulation of a compact circular shaped microstrip patch antenna that is fed using a coplanar waveguide feed (CPW for practical wireless communication applications). The antenna is typically designed for Ultra wideband (1.46-6GHz), Bluetooth (2.4GHz), ZIGBEE (2.4GHz), WLAN (5.15- 5.35 GHz and 5.725- 5.825), Wi-Fi (2.4-2.485GHz) and HIPERLAN-2(5.15 - 5.35 GHz and 5.470 -5.725GHz) wireless applications with stop band characteristics for the H (partial C band). The proposed antenna has an overall packaged structure dimensions of 78 x75 x1.605 mm3 and is fabricated on FR4 substrate as a circular patch antenna with a coplanar ground .The commercially available laminate FR4 substrate that is used has a dielectric constant of 4.4, height of 1.6mm and a loss tangent of 0.0024.The prospective antenna shows a simulated impedance bandwidth of 4.54 GHz. The coplanar waveguide feeding used with this antenna helps in improving antenna performance in terms of its impedance bandwidth as this geometry helps in creating multiple current loops at the antenna structure, thereby exciting nearby frequencies that merge to show a broadband of operation. The antenna’s operational bandwidth is also improved by the concept of modified ground, in which triangular and rectangular shapes are added symmetrically on both sides of ground plane that provide a better fringing effect and hence an improved bandwidth.

scholarly journals Miniature Slotted Semi-Circular Dual-Band Antenna for WiMAX and WLAN Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Dhirgham Kamal Naji
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Order Mode ◽  
Circular Patch ◽  
Area Reduction ◽  
Antenna Miniaturization ◽  
Dual Band Antenna ◽  
Simple Geometry

In this paper, a new approach is presented for designing a miniaturized microstrip patch antenna (MPA) for dual-band applications. The proposed MPA consists of a semi-circular patch radiator fed by a 50-Ω coplanar waveguide (CPW) structure with a tapered-ground plane for enhancing impedance bandwidth over the dual-band. By inserting a folded U-shaped slot into the semi-circular patch, the proposed antenna introduces an additional higher-order mode but does not modify the resonance frequency of the lower-order mode of the patch, yielding the desired dual-band response. For antenna miniaturization, the circular-shaped radiator of the reference antenna (RA) was converted into a semi-circular radiating patch. Agreement between CST and HFSS simulated results led us to manufacture a prototype of the designed antenna on one side of an inexpensive FR-4 substrate with an overall dimension of 17 × 18 × 0.8 mm<sup>3</sup>. The measured result in terms of reflection coefficient S11 confirms that the antenna operates in both 3.5 GHz (3.4–3.7 GHz) and 5.8 GHz (5.725–5.875 GHz) bands suitable for use in WiMAX and WLAN applications, respectively. Moreover, besides an area reduction of 32% compared with the RA counterpart, the proposed antenna has other features, a simple geometry, and is easy to manufacture in comparison with previously reported antenna structures.

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