Dual-polarized slot-coupled planar antenna with wide bandwidth

A new dual-polarized slot-coupled microstrip patch antenna is presented, which can achieve high-isolation, low cross-polarization levels, a wide bandwidth, and low backward radiation levels. The coupling slot is an H-shaped slot. For wide bandwidth and easy integration with active circuits, it uses slot-coupled stacked microstrip patches. The theoretical analysis is based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. First, a parametric study on the input impedance of the antenna with a single input port is presented. Based on the results, a dual-polarized microstrip antenna is designed, fabricated, and then measured. The measured return loss exhibits an impedance bandwidth of over 20.9% and the isolation between two polarization ports is better than 36 dB over the bandwidth. The cross-polarization levels in both E and H planes are better than 22 dB. The front-to-back ratio of the antenna radiation pattern is better than 21 dB. Both theoretical and experimental results of return loss, isolation, and radiation patterns are presented and discussed.     

A new excitation technique for wide-band short backfire antennas

A new excitation technique is developed to improve the impedance bandwidth and to lower the manufacturing cost of a short backfire antenna (SBA). The new excitation structure consists of a planar monopole and a microstrip feed line, both of which are printed on the same dielectric substrate. By splitting the printed monopole with a slot, a wide-band performance can be achieved. The new split-monopole-excited SBA achieves an impedance bandwidth of about 15% [voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR <2)] while maintaining good radiation performance. As an example, an SBA configuration with the new excitation topology was designed and measured at the 5 GHz UNII band, and good agreement was observed between the simulation and experiment. The effects of the geometric parameters of the excitation structure on the impedance performance are investigated and the operating mechanism of the split-monopole-excited SBA is discussed. Being a low-cost, high-gain, and wide-band directional antenna, the new SBA can find applications in various wireless systems, such as LMDS, WLAN, and the emerging WiMAX networks.     

A low profile circularly polarized UWB antenna with integrated GSM band for wireless communication

A novel monopole antenna with wide impedance bandwidth and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) is presented. The proposed structure is consisting of a wide slot hexagonal shape with an L-shaped radiator coupled inside the slot. Further, two inverted L-shaped strips are protruded on the opposite corners of the hexagonal patch for better radiation capability. The radiating patch is fed by a semi hexagonal ring feed mechanism followed by a tapered line coplanar waveguide (CPW) for improving antenna performance. The proposed structure is supported by a triangular shaped ground plane. An extremely wide -10 dB impedance bandwidth of around 195% and 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 32.5% is achieved. The designed antenna has stable radiation characteristics within the operating band. Proposed antenna is fabricated on FR4 epoxy substrate by means of standard photolithography process and measured results are found in a good match with simulated.     

Coplanar waveguide fed wideband slot antenna

A new design for a coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed slot antenna is presented. The impedance matching and the radiation characteristics of this structure were studied using the method of moment technique. This antenna has an impedance bandwidth (for a VSWR<2) of 49% and a radiation bandwidth of 42% about its 4.8 GHz centre frequency, compared to the 12-20% impedance bandwidth of the standard CPW fed slot antenna. The cross-polarisation in both the principle planes is at least 20 dB below co-polarisation across the entire bandwidth. Simulated and measured results of the antenna are presented. This wideband antenna has significant applications in wireless technologies     

一种等边三角形缝隙环宽带天线的设计

提出一种带有枝节槽的等边三角形缝隙环结构宽带天线。基于多模谐振原理,将天线馈源设置在三角形缝隙环中非对称位置,同时在三角形缝隙环上对称添加2个枝节槽以便形成更多谐振回路,从而激励出多个模式,得到多模谐振,提高缝隙天线带宽。仿真和实测结果基本一致。实测所设计的天线的阻抗带宽为2.11~3.32 GHz,|S11|<-10 dB,相对带宽达到44.5%;在阻抗带宽内,天线辐射性能良好,方向图具有较好的一致性。该天线可用于LTE 40和41频段无线通信系统中,并且三角形缝隙环结构可以给宽频缝隙微带天线的研究提供一定参考。     

一种双陷波超宽带天线设计与研究

为了避免如WiMax和WLAN等窄带通信系统对超宽带通信系统的影响,该文提出一种具有双陷波特性的超宽带天线。该天线采用圆形贴片作为辐射单元,通过在贴片和接地板上分别开圆弧状的H形槽和L形槽来实现双陷波特性。天线在3.1~10.6 GHz的超宽带频段内能够有效地工作并抑制两种不同的窄带通信系统的干扰。同时圆弧状H形槽的参数研究表明,这种开槽结构能够以槽参数组合的形式更有效地控制陷波中心频率。实测和仿真结果吻合,该天线实现了良好的陷波功能,在工作频段内有良好的辐射方向特性。     

Theory and experiment of the cavity-backed slot-excited dielectricresonator antenna

A slot-excited hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna backed by a rectangular cavity is studied theoretically and experimentally. The magnetic-type dyadic Green's function for the rectangular cavity is derived using the mode-matching method. An integral equation for the equivalent magnetic current is obtained by enforcing the boundary condition across the slot. The moment method with the Galerkin's procedure is then used to find the magnetic current in the slot and, hence, the input impedance of the antenna. Measurements were carried out to verify the theory and good agreement is obtained. The effects of the slot inclination angle, of the slot offset, and of the cavity size on the input impedance are discussed     

Asymmetrically CPW-fed ladder-shaped fractal antenna for UWB applications

A compact asymmetrically CPW-fed ladder- shaped UWB fractal antenna is presented. An impedance bandwidth of 4.56–13.1 GHz is achieved by using four iterations of H-shaped radiating element, modified feed line, asymmetrical feeding and slot loaded ground plane. Omnidirectional radiation patterns are achieved in H-plane at all frequency points in the operating frequency band. The bidirectional nature of E-plane patterns at lower frequencies is observed to be shifted to directional nature at higher frequencies. The designed antenna structure has an average gain of 2.84 dB with a constant group delay. The designed antenna structure is analyzed for three different substrate materials i.e. CNT, Ni_0.2Co_0.2Zn_0.6Fe₂O₄ and FR-4 epoxy. A good agreement is achieved between the simulated and measured results. This antenna structure has advantages of wider bandwidth and smaller dimensions over already reported ones.     

Development of a Cavity-Backed Broadband Circularly Polarized Slot/Strip Loop Antenna With a Simple Feeding Structure

A cavity-backed loop antenna is developed for producing broadband circularly polarized (CP) radiation. The antenna configuration consists of a slot loop and a strip loop. The slot loop radiates a CP wave at a lower frequency while the strip loop produces CP radiation at a higher frequency. A combination of the two frequencies leads to a bandwidth enhancement. The slot/strip loop antenna is fed by a single straight microstrip line. It is demonstrated that the cavity-backed slot/strip loop antenna can achieve an axial ratio (les 3 dB) bandwidth of 19% with good impedance matching. The antenna configuration is described and the operating principles for broadband circular polarization and impedance matching are analyzed. The antenna performance is confirmed by experimental results.     

A circularly polarized short backfire antenna excited by an unbalance-fed cross aperture

An unbalance-fed cross aperture is developed to excite a short backfire antenna (SBA) for circular polarization. The cross aperture consists of two orthogonal H-shaped slots with a pair of capacitive stubs and is fed by a single probe that forms an unbalanced feed with a shorting pin. It is demonstrated that the cross-aperture-excited SBA can achieve an axial ratio (/spl les/ 3 dB) bandwidth of 4.2% with a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) bandwidth of 6.5% (VSWR<1.2) and a gain of 14 dBi. The antenna structure is described and the simulation and experimental results are presented. The mechanisms for impedance matching and circular-polarization production are analyzed.     

Dual band dielectric resonator antenna for wireless application

The proposed technique is an integration of a slot antenna and a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). This is designed without compromising miniaturisation and efficiency. It is observed that the integration of slot and dielectric structure itself may be merged to achieve extremely wide bandwidth over which the antenna polarisation and radiation pattern are preserved. Here the effect of slot size on the radiation performance of the DRA is studied. The antenna structure is simulated using the CST software. The simulated results are presented and compared with the measured result. This DRA has a gain of 7.1 and 6.3?dBi at 5.7 and 8.1?GHz, respectively, its 10?dB return impedance bandwidth of nearly 4.5% and 5.5% at two resonating frequencies. A total of 98% efficiency has been achieved from the configuration. It is shown that the size of the slot can significantly affect the radiation properties of the DRA and there are good agreements between simulation and measured results.     

Wide-band microstrip antenna with an H-shaped coupling aperture

Theoretical and experimental results of a wide-band planar antenna are presented. This antenna can achieve a wide bandwidth, low cross-polarization levels, and low backward radiation levels. For wide bandwidth and easy integration with active circuits, it uses aperture-coupled stacked square patches. The coupling aperture is an H-shaped aperture. Based on the finite-difference time-domain method, a parametric study of the input impedance of the antenna is presented, and effects of each parameter on the antenna impedance are illustrated. One antenna is also designed, fabricated, and measured. The measured return loss exhibits an impedance bandwidth of 21.7%. The cross-polarization levels in both E and H planes are better than 23 dB. The front-to-back ratio of the antenna radiation pattern is better than 22 dB. Both theoretical and experimental results of S parameters and radiation patterns are presented and discussed     

Small annular slot antenna with capacitor loading

A small-size annular slot antenna with miniaturised slot shrunk by a loaded capacitor has been realised. A 23.4% slot antenna area size reduction has been achieved with capacitor loading compared with the ordinary slot antenna. The antenna has the advantages of a good impedance bandwidth and good linearly polarised radiation patterns after chip capacitor loading     

Development of wideband CPW-fed hexagon-shaped circularly polarized slot antenna for wireless-communications

A hexagonal shaped circularly polarized (CP) wideband slot antenna using multiple stubs has been proposed and investigated. A hexagonal slot is created in the ground plane with tapered sections improving the impedance matching. Two radiators are incorporated in the structure, which is responsible for generating orthogonal degenerate modes; hence, CP radiation is achieved for the proposed antenna. For enhancing the gain of antenna, one radiator is directly connected to feed line and another one embedded in the ground plane. An inverted L-shaped arm is inserted in the slot to enhance and tune the circular polarized behavior. The presented radiator have input reflection coefficient ranges from 5.67 to 8.50 GHz (39.97%) and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 5.60–8.50 GHz (41.13%). The proposed antenna provides overlapping bandwidths of 5.67–8.50 GHz (39.97%) having average gains of 5.25 dBi within the entire frequency bands. The presented antenna is exceptionally good for the application of mobile and satellite communications.     

Bow-tie slot antenna fed by CPW

A bow-tie slot antenna fed by CPW is introduced. It is designed to work in the Ku-band around 15.5 GHz. The proposed antenna is analysed both theoretically and experimentally. The presented results include the return loss and the radiation patterns. Two different geometries of the bow-tie antenna are presented and compared. The proposed antenna has several advantages such as a very large bandwidth, good control of its input impedance, and ease of fabrication. The proposed antenna has a dipole like radiation pattern which makes it suitable for mobile communication systems designed to work in the Ku-band     

Wideband CPW-fed slot antenna for DCS, PCS, 3G and Bluetooth bands

A novel CPW-fed wide planar slot antenna with an asymmetrical slot is proposed. The asymmetrical slot is square-like with the same widths but different lengths at the sides. By choosing suitable lengths of this asymmetrical slot, broadband operation can be obtained. From experimental results, the measured impedance bandwidth, defined by 10 dB return loss, can reach an operating bandwidth of 2136 MHz with the centre frequency operating at 2610 MHz for applications to various wireless bands. In addition, the measured radiation patterns within this wide impedance bandwidth have the same polarisation planes and similar radiation characteristics. Each antenna gain within the application bands can be less than 1 dB     

Frequency notched wide slot antenna for UWB/2.4 GHz WLAN applications

A compact frequency notched microstrip slot antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) /2.4 GHz-band wireless local area network (WLAN) applications is proposed. The antenna is similar to a conventional microstrip slot antenna; however, by introducing a cross wide slot and a meandered-slotted stub, both compact size and frequency notched function can be achieved. It has been studied both numerically and experi- mentally for its impedance bandwidth, surface current distribution, radiation patterns, and gain. As will be seen, an operation bandwidth of over 4.61 ranging from 2.39 to 11.25 GHz for return loss lower than having a frequency notched band ranging from 4.75 to 5.85 GHz has been achieved, and good radiation performance over the entire frequency range has also been achieved.     

Study on frequency and impulse response of novel triple band notched UWB antenna in indoor environments

In this paper, a novel fork shaped structure backed plane is added to a simple UWB (ultra wideband) slot antenna to enhance the impedance bandwidth as well as create triple band notched characteristics for Impulse Radio (IR) UWB applications. This fork-shaped structure is connected to a rectangular radiating patch at four different points through the cylindrical pins. The proposed antenna with this fork-shaped structure shows a very wide impedance bandwidth which spans from 2.5 up to more than 20 GHz and offers triple band-notched properties in WiMAX, WLAN and X-band downlink satellite communication spectrums. Moreover, the proposed antenna shows good radiation features such as gain, radiation efficiency and radiation patterns. A comprehensive investigation on the antenna time domain performance is also performed throughout the paper, and the effect of the proposed antenna on the two popular excitation pulses including modulated Gaussian (MG) and square root raised cosine (SRRC) pulses is fully investigated. A frequency-domain measurement setup is applied to measure time domain characteristics of the proposed antenna. Also, the realistic indoor multipath propagation channel characteristics when the proposed antennas are applied as the transmitter and receiver antennas are studied. Sub-band divided ray tracing method is used to simulate channel characteristics.     

一种UHFRFID系统宽带标签天线的设计

基于微带天线结构,设计了一款适用于整个UHF RFID系统的新型宽带标签天线。在H型贴片上开H槽,形成了两个相近的谐振点,调整H槽的位置和大小,使两个谐振点靠近耦合,从而拓展了天线带宽。通过改变贴片底部矩形槽深度和微带线长度调整天线的输入阻抗。使用软件HFSS14.0进行仿真分析。结果表明,该天线具有很好的宽频特性(766～989 MHz,回波损耗S11<10 dB),在超高频段(840～960 MHz)内具有良好的阻抗匹配特性。     

CPW-fed capacitive H-shaped narrow slot antenna

A miniature printed H-shaped narrow slot antenna fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) is proposed for WLAN applications in the 2.4 GHz band. The antenna with a simplified open-end tuning stub is also proposed. The prototype has been designed and fabricated and found to have a bandwidth of 13.5%, and the radiation pattern measured at resonance is very close to omnidirectional in the H-plane. The characteristics of the proposed antenna has been investigated using simulation software HFSS and experimental results. The measured and simulated results show excellent agreement.