Theory and analysis of differentially-driven microstrip antennas

This paper studies differentially-driven microstrip antennas. The theory of microstrip antennas based on the improved cavity model is expanded to analyze the input impedance and radiation characteristics of the differentially-driven microstrip antennas. The differentially-driven microstrip antennas were fabricated. Their performances were experimentally verified. Results show that the occurrence of resonance for the differentially-driven microstrip antennas also depends on the ratio of the separation /spl xi/ of the dual feeds to the free-space wavelength /spl lambda//sub o/. When the dual feeds are located far from each other /spl xi///spl lambda//sub o/>0.1, the resonance occurs, and the input resistance at resonance is rather large. However, when the dual feeds are located near to each other /spl xi///spl lambda//sub o/<0.1, the resonance does not occur, the input resistance is quite small, and the input impedance is inductive. Compared with single-ended microstrip antennas, the differentially-driven microstrip antennas have larger resonant resistance, similar co-polar radiation patterns, and lower cross-polar radiation component.     

A High‐Gain Microstrip Patch Array Antenna Using a Superstrate Layer

A dielectric superstrate layer above a microstrip patch antenna has remarkable effects on its gain and resonant characteristics. This paper experimentally investigates the effect of a superstrate layer for high gain on microstrip patch antennas. We measured the gain of antennas with and without a superstrate and found that the gain of a single patch with a superstrate was enhanced by about 4 dBi over the one without a superstrate at 12 GHz. The impedance bandwidths of a single patch with and without a superstrate for VSWR < 2 were above 11%. The designed 2×8 array antenna using a superstrate had a high gain of over 22.5 dB and a wide impedance bandwidth of over 17%.     

Broadband Patch Antenna With a Folded Plate Pair as a Differential Feeding Scheme

A broadband differential-fed patch antenna (DFPA) with good radiation pattern is proposed and studied. Unlike conventional DFPAs, the proposed antenna employs a folded plate pair as the differential feeding scheme. The devised feeding approach subtly acts as an impedance matching media for two radiation modes of the antenna, conducing to the wide impedance bandwidth. The conceived bandwidth enhancement technique demonstrates an impedance bandwidth (SWR les2) of up to 74% which outperforms conventional broadband patch antennas of more than 20%. Meanwhile, by using a differentially-driven signal along with the introduced feeding scheme, symmetric radiation patterns, low cross-polarization levels and stable radiation patterns are realized within the band. More importantly, the antenna has a stable gain at 8.5 dBi within a wide frequency range, demonstrating the high stability of the radiation characteristics for the two radiation modes. Analysis and parametric studies of the proposed feeding structure are provided.     

Ultra Wideband Co-planer Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Applications

In this paper, a comparative study of co-planar gap coupled rectangular and elliptical microstrip patch antenna is presented. It is analyzed by using circuit theory concept. The proposed antennas show ultra wideband operations which depend on dimensions of the patches, gap between them as well as air gap thickness. It is observed that the performance of gap coupled elliptical patch antenna is better than that of rectangular patch antenna while the area of rectangular and elliptical patches is same. The bandwidth of proposed rectangular patch antenna is found to be 50.7 % with average gain of 6.5 dBi while for elliptical patch antenna the bandwidth and gain further improves up to 57.6 % and 9.5 dBi respectively. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the simulated results obtained from IE3D simulation software.     

一种新型毫米波磁电偶极子天线阵列设计

该文将磁电偶极子天线作为辐射阵子,并应用一种共面波导馈电网络,研究并设计了一种新型44毫米波天线阵列。这种设计不仅具有很宽的阻抗带宽和增益带宽,而且价格低廉易于生产。仿真和测试结果表明,此天线阵列的相对阻抗带宽为54.5%, 3 dB增益带宽为37.1%,在工作频带内(40.2~70.0 GHz),最大增益为18.1 dBi。而基于其他技术设计的44毫米波天线阵列(如微带天线、偶极子天线)工作频带宽度一般在20%左右,增益一般在16~17 dBi。所以该文提出的天线阵列设计具有明显的优势。另外,仿真设计结果和实测的电参数数据有较好的一致性。     

Novel design of broad-band stacked patch antenna

A novel broadband stacked E-shaped patch antenna is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna has an input impedance bandwidth of about 38.41%, better than the conventional E-shaped microstrip patch antenna, which has an input impedance bandwidth of 33.8%. Through the use of the washer on the probe of the stacked patch antenna, the input impedance bandwidth is improved further to 44.9%. The radiation patterns are found to be relatively constant throughout the whole band. Comparisons of these antennas are presented in this paper.     

Broad-band single-patch circularly polarized microstrip antennawith dual capacitively coupled feeds

New design of a circular microstrip antenna with dual capacitively coupled feeds for broad-band circular polarization radiation is presented. The dual feeds are with a small top-loaded disk and are connected to a Wilkinson power divider with a 90° phase shift between its two output feedlines. The radiating circular patch, printed on a thin substrate, is supported by nonconducting posts on a conducting ground plane and is excited capacitively through the dual feeds. With a distance less than 10% times the center operating wavelength between the circular patch and the ground plane, the present proposed antenna can provide an impedance bandwidth (VSWR ⩽2) of about 49% and a 3-dB axial-ratio bandwidth of about 35%. The antenna gain bandwidth, defined to be within 1-dB gain variation in the axial-ratio bandwidth, is as large as 28%, with the antenna gain level at about 7.0 dBi     

Small circularly polarised folded patch antenna

A small circularly polarised (CP) patch antenna with dual T-shaped probe feeds is presented. The patch is folded like a cap to generate a CP wave as well as to reduce the size of the antenna. The proposed antenna is operated at the centre frequency of 2.28 GHz with circular polarisation. The impedance bandwidth (SWR<2) is 21.8% from 2 to 2.49 GHz and the axial ratio bandwidth (AR<3 dB) is 3.5%. The measured gain is around 7.5 dBi. The antenna shows a good CP performance with a symmetric radiation pattern. The total area of reduction is 54% in comparison with the conventional half-wave patch antenna.     

Dual band microstrip patch antenna array loaded with split ring resonators and via holes

Reduction in antenna size by using multi-band radiators play a vital role in the miniaturization of present world wireless handheld devices, as dual band behaviour of the antennas result in the integration of more than one communication standard in a single system and thus, saving the installation space required for separate antennas. In this context, this communication presents a shorted-pin dual band metamaterial inspired microstrip patch antenna array. Under the unloaded conditions, the traditional patch antenna array resonates at 5.8 GHz with gain of 9.8 dBi and bandwidth of 540 MHz. However, when each patch of this traditional antenna array is loaded with split ring resonator (SRR) and a metallic via hole is introduced in the patch, the same antenna array produces an additional resonant frequency in IEEE 802.11b/g/n 2.45 GHz Wi-Fi band with bandwidth and gain of 290 MHz and 5.6 dBi, respectively, while the initial resonant frequency (i.e. 5.8 GHz) gets shifted to IEEE 802.11ac 5 GHz Wi-Fi band, providing the gain and bandwidth of 11.4 dBi and 510 MHz, respectively. The proposed antenna array has been fabricated, and the measured results are presented to validate the proposed array. Moreover, the equivalent circuit of the proposed antenna array has been designed and analyzed to validate the simulated, measured and theoretical results. Attainment of dual band characteristics by incorporating the metamaterial with single band traditional patch antenna array makes this structure novel, as this has been achieved without any extra hardware cost, size and loss of structural planarity. Also, both the frequency bands of this proposed metamaterial inspired antenna array possess considerable gain and bandwidth.     

Performance enhancement of patch antenna array for 5.8 GHz Wi-MAX applications using metamaterial inspired technique

Though a microstrip patch antenna has advantages of low profile and structural planarity, but a single microstrip patch antenna has limitation of low gain and narrow bandwidth. To overcome these problems, multi-layer structures are used. The antenna performance can further be enhanced, if multi-layer structures are designed for array of patch antennas. Moreover, the simultaneous improvement of gain and bandwidth, which are two conflicting parameters, is another challenge. To meet these challenges, this article proposes a microstrip patch antenna array, inspired with a superstrate – comprising of Split Ring Resonators (SRR) and wire strips. Gain and bandwidth of 4.3 dBi and 425 MHz, respectively, is achieved by an unloaded array at IEEE 802.16a 5.8 GHz Wi-MAX band. However, by covering this array with the proposed superstrate, gain and bandwidth of 12.1 dBi and 780 MHz, respectively, is obtained, thus providing the gain improvement of 7.8 dBi and bandwidth enhancement of 355 MHz. Fabrication and testing of the proposed antenna is done for comparing simulated and measured results. Equivalent circuit of this newly devised array has been designed and discussed.     

Broadband Stacked Patch Antenna with Low VSWR and Low Cross‐Polarization

A low cross‐polarization broadband stacked patch antenna is proposed. By means of the stacked patch configuration and probe‐fed strip feed technique, the VSWR 1.2:1 bandwidth of the patch antenna is enhanced to 22% from 804 MHz to 1,002 MHz, which outperforms the other available patch antennas (<10%). Furthermore, the antenna has a cross‐polarization level of less than ?20 dB and a gain level of about 9 dBi across the operating bandwidth. Simulation results are compared with the measurements, and a good agreement is observed.     

Broadband dual-polarized patch antennas fed by capacitively coupledfeed and slot-coupled feed

Designs of broadband dual-polarized patch antennas fed by promising feed structures of a capacitively coupled feed and a slot-coupled feed (antenna A), two capacitively coupled feeds of a 180° phase shift and a slot-coupled feed (antenna B), and two capacitively coupled feeds of a 180° phase shift and two slot-coupled feeds (antenna C) are proposed and experimentally studied. The first two feed designs are for the excitation of a single-element broadband patch antenna, while the last design is for a two-element broadband patch antenna. These proposed patch antennas have a thick air substrate, and the 10 dB return-loss impedance bandwidths obtained for the two polarizations are all greater than 13%. High isolation (<-30 dB for antenna A, <-32 dB for antenna B, <-35 dB for antenna C) between the two feeding ports for the entire impedance bandwidth of the proposed antennas can be obtained. Also, improved cross-polarization levels (>20 dB) in both E and H plane patterns for the two polarizations of antennas B and C are achieved     

超宽带阶梯形微带单极子天线的设计与研究

针对当前已有超宽带(ultra-wideband,UWB)微带单板子天线带宽窄、尺寸大等缺陷,设计了一款小型化UWB阶梯形微带单极子天线,采用开槽的矩形辐射贴片、阶梯形微带馈电线和缺陷地面结构(defected ground structure,DGS)实现良好的UWB特性.对天线的回波损耗、电压驻波比(voltage...     

A novel wide-band circular patch antenna

In order to overcome the narrow-bandwidth of the patch antenna, one kind of configuration which can widen the bandwidth significantly is discussed in this letter. Analyzed by the equivalent-circuits method and simulated by HFSS, a rule derived from simulated results that can aid to design the microstrip antennas is found. Finally, the structure parameters are optimized out, which reaches 44.67% impedance bandwidth. Furthermore, this kind of configuration can also be applied to the multi-layer patch antenna.     

一种用于5G MIMO 系统的宽带高增益圆极化天线

为提升5G无线通信系统容量,设计了一款基于V 形缝隙耦合馈电的宽带高增益圆极化天线。该天线采用双层辐射贴片结构,拓展天线的阻抗带宽,并分别在辐射贴片和寄生贴片上刻蚀一对半径不等、位置正交的双圆形缝隙,有效改善了天线的圆极化特性。通过加载平板反射器提高天线的前后比,实现良好的定向辐射。实测结果表明,驻波比小于2的阻抗带宽为53.55% (2.27~3.93 GHz),在半功率波束宽度范围内轴比小于3 dB,轴比带宽为27.38%(2.9~3.82 GHz),在工作频带内实测的天线平均增益达到8.22 dBi。该天线适合作为5G多天线系统中的智能天线单元进行自适应波束赋形。     

Higher order mode excitation for high gain microstrip patch antenna

Higher order mode excitation in the microstrip patch has been achieved to alleviate the low gain problem associated with this particular class of antennas. This higher order mode excitation is achieved by geometric modification of the radiating patch. The designed antenna structure is simple in nature, provides easy fabrication and manufacturing while exhibiting high gain characteristic. The proposed antenna has a measured gain of 10.21 dBi at the operating frequency of 16 GHz. The half power beam width is approximately 36° and 34° in the H- and E- planes respectively. The antenna can be used in the different applications related to the Ku band.     

EBG结构在35GHz微带阵列天线中应用

分别采用理论计算和实验测试法分析介质基片上钻孔型电磁带隙(EBG)结构的阻带特性,得出了一致结论.依据仿真与测试结果,设计了一种同时抑制TE和TM模的EBG结构,并应用于4单元35GHz微带型阵列天线.测试结果表明:该EBG结构微带阵列天线带宽增加约1倍,增益提高了1.3dBi.     

应用于智能交通系统的小型化圆极化微带天线

提出了一种应用于智能交通系统的小型化圆极化微带天线。该天线由一个开缝的方形贴片及围绕方形贴片的两级寄生贴片组成,通过模式解调实现圆极化,并利用寄生贴片增加带宽和提高天线增益。测试结果表明,天线的-10 dB 阻抗带宽为10. 9%,3 dB 轴比带宽为2. 7%,在中心频率5. 8 GHz 处的增益为5. 4 dBi,交叉极化不低于21 dB。天线尺寸为25 mm×25 mm×1. 6 mm,与其它应用于智能交通系统的天线相比,该天线具有更小的平面尺寸。     

Wide bandwidth and broad beamwidth microstrip patch antenna

A novel wideband and broad-beam microstrip antenna loaded with gaps and stubs is proposed. The antenna is based on a two-layer stacked electromagnetic coupling microstrip patch antenna (ECMSA). The upper patch of the antenna is loaded with two arc gaps and three stubs. The ECMSA is used to achieve wide impedance bandwidth, while the gaps and stubs-loaded patch is used to obtain broad-beam. The impedance bandwidth is up to 34.6%. In this impedance bandwidth, the pattern bandwidth is 13%. In this pattern bandwidth, the 3 dB beamwidth of E-plane and H-plane remain stable and are about ±60°. Simulation results agree well with measured results.     

Wideband V-slotted diamond-shaped microstrip patch antenna

A new wideband microstrip antenna with V-slotted diamond-shaped patch on a single-layer foam dielectric and probe feed is presented. The broadband design is achieved by the excitation of resonance frequencies of the diamond patch and V-slot. An impedance bandwidth as high as 50% is achieved, where the antenna gain is stable and its variation is within 1 dB.