双频共面波导天线设计

本文提出了一种基于共面波导结构的工作频率在2.45GHz和5.8GHz的双频带天线的设计。该天线采用了增加突出结构和边缘开槽的方法,通过时域有限差分法(FDTD)对共面波导尺寸的变化进行了仿真与优化,得出了共面波导结构对天线性能的影响,从而给出了相应的结构尺寸。并实际测量了天线的反射参数以及方向图,对比测量结果与仿真结果基本符合。最后本文对本次天线设计做出总结并对测量结果做了误差分析。     

第五代移动通信系统三重复合分形天线设计

针对第五代移动通信系统对天线的性能要求,将谢尔宾斯基分形结构、康托尔分形结构、分形折线雪花结构相融合,设计了一款三重复合分形天线,对天线性能进行了仿真分析,制作了天线样品并对其进行了测试。仿真和测试结果表明,该款天线回波损耗最小值为-21.84 d B,绝对工作带宽达到2.047 GHz,相对工作带宽达到48.51%,天线具有全向辐射特性。利用渐变介电常数介质基板设计了改进型天线结构,有效地展宽了天线的工作频段。该款天线能够完全覆盖第五代移动通信的三个候选频段,具有尺寸小、回波损耗低、工作带宽大等优点,在第五代移动通信系统中具有广阔的应用前景。     

正方形嵌套分形多频印刷对称振子天线

设计了一类具有正方形嵌套结构的新型分形多频对称振子天线.振子由一系列相似的正方形单元嵌套组成.天线能够同时工作于多个频率,这些频率涵盖了WLAN系统所要求的2.4 GHz/5.2 GHz/5.8 GHz三个频率,采用三维电磁仿真软件CST MWS(R)软件进行了仿真研究,得到了平衡微带线馈电的对称振子天线的模型.制作了...     

ZigBee精确定位标志卡倒F天线设计

根据ZigBee精确定位标志卡对天线的需求,设计了一种尺寸小、带宽高、辐射效率高的倒F天线。通过电磁场全波仿真软件对倒F天线进行仿真和性能评估,仿真结果表明,该倒F天线工作在2.405~2.484GHz的ZigBee频段内,天线回波损耗小于-10dB;在2.45GHz中心频率下,最大增益达2.5dB,且天线具有全向性。在煤矿巷道中的实际测试结果表明,该倒F天线能满足精确定位标志卡的实用需求。     

一种新型的超宽带天线的研究

提出了一种微带馈电的超宽带天线。该天线印刷在覆铜介质基板上,介质基板尺寸为30 mm×35 mm×1.5 mm,材料是介电常数为4.4的FR4介质。利用仿真软件HFSS对天线参数进行仿真和优化。通过在微带面上开缝,可实现天线频带宽度(S11<-10 dB)2.5 GHz¹1.5 GHz,相对带宽达128%。结果表明,该天线不仅满足超宽带要求,而且结构简单,体积小,适合在UWB通信中应用。     

一种宽带天线的研究与设计*

为了满足宽带通信的需求,利用U形单极子天线和两个U形寄生辐射元的方法,设计了一种共面波导馈电的宽带天线,其阻抗带宽达到85%。所设计的天线印刷在尺寸为20 mm×30 mm×1.6 mm、介电常数为265的聚四氟乙烯介质基板上。为了满足无线局域网（WLAN）和全球互联微波接入（WiMAX）的工作需要,抑制不需要的信号,在U形单极子辐射元之间插入一条调谐微带线,产生一个陷波特性,使所设计的天线满足WLAN、WiMAX和低端UWB通信需求。利用高频结构仿真软件HFSS对影响天线性能的主要参数进行仿真、分析和优化,得到天线的优化尺寸,并对优化的天线进行制造和测试。实验结果表明,该天线比传统微带贴片天线性能有了较大的提高,证明了利用共面波导馈电和寄生技术设计宽带天线的可行性和有效性。     

TPMS倒F螺旋天线的设计与实现

在TPMS系统中,天线性能的好坏直接影响无线通信的效果.倒F螺旋天线具有全向性、增益高的特点.针对倒F螺旋全向天线进行研究与设计,用电磁仿真软件CST对天线模型进行了设计与仿真,并根据优化结果制作了实物模型.测试结果表明:谐振频率为433 MHz,回波损耗为-19.49 dB,测试结果与仿真结果吻合良好.     

毫米波多波束介质透镜天线设计

研究优化天线设计问题,针对被动毫米波成像的需求,要求天线对目标实时扫描成像.传统结构的渐变缝隙天线性能和扫描成像数据率低,效果差.为解决上述问题,提出一种新结构,采用褶皱边缘和缝隙加偶极子的新型渐变缝隙天线作为透镜天线的馈源,以斜角微带-槽线过渡结构对渐变缝隙天线馈电,并利用三维电磁场仿真软件仿真设计了具体尺寸参数,并测试了相关结果.优化仿真得到了阵列馈源介质透镜多波束天线设计的关键参数和辐射方向图.最后进行仿真,结果表明,所设计的天线能很好的满足被动毫米波成像系统的需求.     

有限元分析软件HFSS于天线工程设计的仿真应用

文章以微带贴片天线及天线阵的设计为例,介绍了基于有限元分析的计算电磁仿真软件HFSS在天线工程设计领域的典型应用。通过将已设计好初始参数的天线在软件上应用结构建模、设置仿真、分析优化等操作,实现了天线工程设计的智能化,简化了传统的实物制作与测试的方式,缩短了从设计到实现所需要的时间。     

穿戴式平面印刷PIFA的设计

为了实现穿戴式计算机系统的无线通信,本文对PIFA(平面倒F天线)的结构和原理进行了研究,并实际设计了一种工作于无线局域网 2.45GHz频段的穿戴式平面印刷PIFA,选用特征阻抗为84Ω的微带线进行馈电,一是便于天线穿戴于人体,二是为了实现天线的阻抗匹配;实际制作的天线尺寸为40×40×2mm3,在中心频率2.45GHz处获得1.5%的相对阻抗带宽,增益达2.7dBi;从回波损失曲线和辐射方向性图两个方面将实际制作的PIFA的测量结果与CST仿真结果进行了对比分析,结论是:采用PIFA天线具有小尺寸和低剖面结构的优点,且加工简单、成本低,可用于穿戴系统的无线通信设备.     

一种应用于微波探测的双频天线的设计

为增加火灾探测天线频带范围,基于微带贴片天线,采用凹槽加载技术,设计了中心频率在Ku(12.4～18.0 GHz)波段的双频微带单元天线.利用HFSS软件对其建模、仿真及优化,结果表明,该单元天线在14.8 GHz和16.1 GHz时回波损失达到最小值,且回波损失小于-10 dB的带宽分别为600MHz和390 MHz.利用该单元天线,进而设计了一款2×2阵列天线,实测结果表明:该阵列天线具有很好的双频谐振特性,在14.3～14.9 GHz和15.7 ～16.1 GHz频带内既保留了原单元天线好的回波损耗特性,又提高了增益,使两个频段最大增益分别达到13.7 dBi和11.3 dBi.     

CPW fed miniaturized dual‐band short‐ended metamaterial antenna using modified split‐ring resonator for wireless application

A miniaturized dual‐band metamaterial (MTM) antenna has been designed in this article. The designed coplanar waveguide fed antenna has composed of inner split‐ring resonator and an outer open ring resonator with rectangular stub. The series parameter of the antenna is used to determine the zeroth order resonance frequency due to short‐ended boundary condition. The whole size of proposed structure is 20 × 25.5 mm². This MTM antenna exhibits dual‐band operation at 3.17 GHz (3.1–3.22 GHz) and 5.39 GHz (5.27–5.47 GHz). The proposed MTM structure achieves measured peak gain of 0.71 and 1.89 dB at 3.17 and 5.39 GHz, respectively. The proposed antenna can be used for recent radio communication in form of S‐band application and Wi‐MAX.     

Multiband antenna for mobile terminals

In this paper, a multiband antenna composed of a tri‐mode monopole, an open‐slot etched on the ground, and a parasitic strip is proposed for mobile terminals. The tri‐mode monopole excites three modes including 0.25 λ, 0.25 λ, and 0.75 λ modes at 0.9, 1.85, and 2.4 GHz respectively, and can cover the desired frequency band 1.7 to 2.7 GHz. The open slot etched on the ground can obtain better impedance matching at 0.9 GHz to cover 0.82 to 0.96 GHz. To further broaden the bandwidth of the low frequency, a parasitic open‐ended strip is used to introduce a new resonance to extend the lower frequency band to 0.69 GHz. The proposed antenna is simulated, fabricated and measured. The impedance bandwidths with S₁₁ better than ?6 dB are 270 MHz (0.69‐0.96 GHz) and 1.06 GHz (1.7‐2.76 GHz). The consistency between the measured and simulated results indicates that the proposed antenna is available for mobile phone applications.     

Compact ultra‐wideband slot antenna with three notched‐band characteristics

A very compact ultra‐wideband (UWB) slot antenna with three L‐shaped slots for notched‐band characteristics is presented in this article. The antenna is designed and fabricated using a new stepped slot with different size, integrated in the ground plane, and excited by a 50 Ω microstrip transmission line. The stepped slot is used to minimize the dimensions of the antenna and to achieve an impedance bandwidth between 2.65 and 11.05 GHz with voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2. The length of the stepped slot is equal to a quarter wavelength to create a resonance in the desired frequency. Three L‐shaped slots with various sizes are etched in the ground plane to reject three frequency bands in C‐band (3.7‐4.2 GHz), WLAN (5.15‐5.825 GHz), and X‐band (7.25‐7.75 GHz), respectively. The notched‐band frequency can be controlled by changing the length of the L‐shaped slot. The proposed antenna has a very small size (20.25 × 8 × 1.27 mm³) compared with previous works. The measured and simulated results show a good agreement in terms of radiation pattern and impedance matching.     

A broadband slant polarized cavity backed microstrip‐fed wide‐slot antenna array

This article deals with the design of a broadband cavity‐backed microstrip‐fed wide‐slot antenna array for L‐band applications. For verification purpose, a sample 1 × 4‐element antenna array has been designed, manufactured and tested. Experimental results have shown satisfactory agreement with the simulation. The proposed antenna array exhibits a measured impedance bandwidth of 1.4 GHz (90%) with frequency of 0.85 to 2.25 GHz and the gain is higher than 11 dBi. The designed antenna has small size and low weight and can be fabricated using a low‐cost fabrication process for easy integration with RF circuits and microwave components. This work is useful for some radar applications and radio frequency identification systems.     

A radio frequency and vibration energy harvesting antenna based on piezoelectric material

This article proposes a novel hybrid energy harvesting antenna that can be used to harvest radio frequency (RF) and vibration energy in ambience. A microstrip antenna is designed on the piezoelectric film with the material of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). Due to the high dielectric constant of PVDF, the antenna size can be reduced efficiently. The shape of designed microstrip antenna is trapezoidal, the final antenna size is reduced to 50 mm × 30 mm × 0.2 mm. To improve the efficiency, the rectifier with matching network is optimized and the modes of the piezoelectric film are analyzed. The experimental results show that the frequency bandwidth of the antenna is 2.1 to 2.5 GHz. For a RF source at distance of 1 m away, with a 0.25 W EIRP 2.4 GHz transmitter, the output power of the antenna can reach 17.2 μW. While under 17 Hz vibration excitation, the output voltage and power can reach 1.44 V and 15.3 μW, respectively.     

Circularly polarized D‐shaped slot antenna for wireless applications

A multiband circularly polarized slot antenna for wireless local area networks (WLAN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications is designed, studied, and fabricated. Using modified ground plane structure, circular polarized characteristics are realized. An open rectangular loop is introduced on the ground plane to generate orthogonal modes at middle resonance frequency. At higher resonance frequency to improve axial ratio bandwidth, a D‐shaped radiator is used. Thus, the cooperation of modified ground plane, open loop resonator, and D‐shaped radiator improves performance of the antenna at all the required bands. The proposed microstrip antenna generates separate impedance bandwidths to cover frequency bands of WLAN and WiMAX applications. The realized antenna is relatively small in size 40 × 54 mm² or 0.26_ × 0.36_ where _ is the free‐space wavelength at the desired first resonant frequency 2.0 GHz and operates over frequency ranges 26% (2.0‐2.6 GHz), 8.9% (3.21‐3.51 GHz), and 50.6% (3.8‐6.38 GHz). In addition, the antenna exhibits 5% (2.32‐2.44 GHz), 5.8% (3.3‐3.5 GHz), and 5.2% (5.61‐5.91 GHz) Circular Polarization bandwidth, making it suitable for WLAN and WiMAX applications.     

Miniaturized Novel UWB Band-Notch Textile Antenna for Body Area Networks

This paper presents the design and analysis of a miniaturized and novel wearable ultra-wideband (UWB) band-notch textile antenna for Body Area Networks (BANs). The major goal of building the antenna for wearable applications with band notch in X-band is to reject the downlink band (7.25 to 7.75 GHz) of satellite communication in the UWB frequency ranges of 3.1–10.6 GHz to keep away from interference. Computer Simulation Technology (CST) TM Microwave Studio, which is user-friendly and reliable, was used to model and simulate the antenna. The radiating element of the antenna is designed on Jeans’ textile substrate, which has a relative permittivity of 1.7. The thickness of the jeans’ fabric substrate has been considered to be 1 mm. Return loss, gain, bandwidth, impedance, radiation, and total efficiency, and radiation patterns are presented and investigated. The antenna is simulated placed on the three layers of the human body model, and the on-body results are summarized in comparison with free space. Results and analysis indicate that this antenna has good band-notch characteristics in the frequency range of 7.25 GHz to 7.75 GHz. The parametric study varying the relative permittivity of Jeans’ fabric substrate of this antenna is also evaluated. In addition, effects on the antenna parameters of variation of ground plane size have been reported. The antenna is 25 mm × 16 mm × 1.07 mm in total volume. Results reveal that this antenna achieves the design goal and performs well both in free space and on the body.     

Dielectric‐loaded trapezoidal toothed log‐periodic antenna

In this article, dielectric‐loaded metal trapezoidal toothed log‐periodic antenna (TTLPA) is described. The dielectric material, Rogers RT/duroid 6010 (ε _r = 10.2, tan δ = 0.0023) of thickness = 5 mm and of same shape as TTLPA is placed on top of conventional metal TTLPA which provides enhanced bandwidth and/or miniaturizes its aperture size without degradation in gain. The dielectric loading increases the effective length of antenna, and therefore, extends its operating frequency towards lower frequency side which miniaturizes aperture cross‐section of antenna with slight increase in its thickness. The simulated input and radiation characteristics of TTLPA without and with dielectric loading are compared. The comparative studies show that the proposed antenna is 38.78% smaller in respect of aperture cross‐section as compared with conventional antenna having almost identical bandwidth of 8.6 GHz (2.2–10.8 GHz) and gain variation over the range 1.5–6.1 dBi. The proposed antenna of aperture size 48.9 × 48.9 mm² provides ?10 dB reflection coefficient bandwidth of 8.6 GHz (2.2–10.8 GHz) and gain variation in the range 1.3–5.7 dBi whereas the conventional antenna of same aperture size achieves somewhat reduced bandwidth of 7.6 GHz (3.2–10.8 GHz) and gain variation in the range 1.6–5.0 dBi over the operating frequency range.     

A half cut design of low profile UWB planar antenna for DCS/PCS/WLAN applications

A miniaturized half cut coalesced kite shaped printed antenna is presented for the ultrawide band (UWB) characteristics. The proposed design bears a compact and small physical dimension of 25 (L) × 9 (W) × 1.6 (h) mm³. This structure produces higher impedance bandwidth as compared to the corresponding full structure of the antenna design. The variation of ground plane dimension is studied to get the optimized results of the antenna. The measured impedance bandwidth (return loss <10 dB) of the proposed antenna is found to be 16.12 GHz in the frequency range 1.02 to 17.14 GHz. The average measured gain for this design is 3.12 dBi for the entire band of operation. The far field radiation patterns are also presented at 1.18, 3.1, 6.85, and 10.6 GHz. The antenna performances are first analyzed by the CST Microwave Studio, the simulation software based on finite integration technology (FIT) and then the optimized structure is fabricated for the measurements. The proposed design structure reveals the recent state of art by using the half cut technique which not only miniaturizes the size but also covers the whole UWB range to be used for many wireless systems.