Low-cost small-size tapered slot antenna for lower band UWB applications

A low-cost small-size tapered slot antenna (TSA) is investigated in view of ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. First, the bandwidth of the antenna is studied for the lower UWB band: 3.1-4.85 GHz. Secondly, the design is made as small as possible. Thirdly, the pulse distortion of a modulated Gaussian pulse in the lower UWB band, between 3.5 and 4.5 GHz, is investigated based on the measured S/sub 21/-parameter. The low distortion observed indicates that this TSA is suitable for applications in the lower UWB band.     

具有双陷波特性的蜂窝结构分形超宽带天线

提出了一款具有双陷波特性的蜂窝结构分形超宽带（ultra-wideband，UWB）天线，采用二阶蜂窝结构作为辐射贴片和缺陷地结构接地板实现良好的超宽带特性.通过在辐射贴片上挖去正六边形和矩形宽缝隙并引入对称鱼钩形枝节，在馈线处刻蚀倒U形窄缝隙产生了3.27~4.27 GHz和7.2~8 GHz两个频段的陷波特性.天线在2.8~11.6 GHz的频段内，可有效抑制WiMAX、C波段卫星和X波段卫星窄带系统的干扰.仿真和实测结果基本吻合，表明该天线适合应用于各种UWB通信系统.     

12–20GHz的TSA天线

该文设计并实现了一个用于超宽带(UWB)系统的TSA天线.计算结果与测量结果表明:工作频段为12-20GHz;天线的半功率波束宽度大于40(,方向图随频率的变化很小;天线的最大增益随频率增大而变化,基本呈增大趋势.该TSA天线基本满足UWB系统对天线的要求.     

五陷波超宽带天线的研究与设计

为滤除窄带信号对超宽带通信系统的干扰,研究并设计了一种具有五个陷波特性的超宽带天线。采用微带线馈电,在辐射贴片上刻蚀一个椭圆形开环谐振器,并在馈线旁制作了四个不同尺寸的U 形寄生短截线,以实现天线的陷波特性,天线尺寸为30 mm×40 mm×0.8 mm。仿真实验验证了天线工作频率范围为2.8~12 GHz;有效滤除了WiMAX 波段(2.94~3.42 GHz)、INSAT 波段(4.42~4.53 GHz)、WLAN 波段(5.32~5.5 GHz)、X 波段上行频(7.01~7.27 GHz)和X 波段下行频(7.57~8.05 GHz)。实测数据表明,天线的工作频段、方向性、增益及五个陷波特性等性能指标良好。     

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Bandpass Filter With Embedded Band Notch Structures

A compact ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) with narrow notched (rejection) band in the UWB passband realized on a microstrip line is implemented and presented in this letter for use in wireless communication applications within the unlicensed UWB range set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The filter consists of five short-circuited stubs separated by nonredundant connecting lines in order to exhibit a high selectivity filtering characteristic. The narrow notched (rejection) band was introduced by using a new technique which involves embedding open stubs in the first and last connecting lines in order to reject any undesired existing radio signal which may interfere with the determined UWB passband. The bandwidth of the notched filter can be controlled by adjusting the width of the stubs or the gaps or both. The length of the stubs can be tuned to select a specific frequency for the notched band. The embedded stubs can be used to excite single or double band-reject response. Two UWB BPFs with narrow notched band having a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of about 4.6% and 6.5% were realized theoretically and verified by full-wave EM simulation and the experiment. Excellent agreement between the predicted and measured results was obtained and is demonstrated     

一种双陷波超宽带单极子天线的设计

提出了一种新型双陷波特性的超宽带单极子天线。通过在介质基板上添加锥形辐射贴片,天线可以覆盖超宽带通信频段。在辐射贴片上引入上、下两个锥形缝隙结构,可以实现3.5 GHz、5.5 GHz的双陷波特性。天线实测模型电压驻波比＜2的阻抗带宽是2.56~10.61 GHz,其中3.18~3.76 GHz和4.4~5.75 GHz具有陷波特性。测试表明,天线在工作频带内具有全向辐射特性。     

A miniature UWB planar monopole antenna with 5-GHz band-rejection filter and the time-domain characteristics

A planar monopole antenna with a staircase shape and small volume (25/spl times/26/spl times/1 mm/sup 3/) is proposed in this paper. With the use of a half-bowtie radiating element, the staircase-shape, and a modified ground plane structure, the proposed antenna has a very wide impedance bandwidth measured at about 11.6 GHz (2.9-14.5 GHz, bandwidth ratio about 1:5) below VSWR 2 including the WLAN band notched in the vicinity of 5 GHz. An omnidirectional radiation pattern is obtained. The group delay which is an indication of linearity between two proposed antennas is less than 1 ns. The electrical characteristics in terms of frequency and time domains and physical ones of the proposed antenna make it attractive for use in ultrawideband (UWB) systems.     

Compact body-worn MIMO antenna with high port isolation for UWB applications

This article investigates the mutual coupling reduction of a compact two elements wearable ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna. The ground plane of the proposed wearable MIMO antenna structure consists of three connected square ring-shaped stubs and two rectangular slots of narrow height. These ground stubs and slots minimize the mutual coupling effect between antennas and provide high isolation. The suggested MIMO antenna functions from the 1.87 to 13.82 GHz frequency spectrum covering WLAN (2.4–2.484 GHz), UWB (3.1–10.6 GHz), and X band (8–12 GHz) with 152.32% fractional bandwidth. It sustains port isolation above 27 dB throughout the 2 to 13.82 GHz frequency band. Inside the whole working frequency band, the suggested antenna offers a tiny envelope correlation coefficient (ECC < 0.098), greater diversity gain (DG > 9.93 dB), minimum channel capacity loss (CCL < 0.32 bits/s/Hz), and slight magnitude variation in mean effective gain of antenna ports (< 0.1 dB). The recommended antenna yields a SAR level below the designated threshold (<1.6 W/kg), affirming its suitability for body-worn applications. The designed MIMO antenna structure has an overall volume of 32 × 48 × 1.5 mm³.     

基于开窗结构和寄生单元的双陷波超宽带天线

设计了一种具有双陷波特性的平面超宽带天线。超宽带基础天线的馈电采用渐变式阶梯阻抗匹配结构作,使得天线具有了宽阻抗匹配能力。通过在椭形辐射器内进行开窗,以及在地面添加矩形寄生单元,实现了天线的双陷波特性。测试结果表明,该天线的工作带宽(VSWR<2）为3.1~10 GHz,工作在超宽带(UWB)频率范围,两个陷波分别在3.3~4.0 GHz和5.0~5.85 GHz,可以应用于WiMAX和WLAN频段的信号抑制。仿真与实测结果表明,该天线结构简单、实现了良好的陷波功能,能够较好地应用于超宽带通信系统中。     

Design of a Compact Hexagonal Monopole Antenna for Ultra—Wideband Applications

This paper presents two design compact hexagonal monopole antennas for ultra-wideband applications. The two antennas are fed by a single microstrip line . The Zeland IE3D version 12 is employed for analysis at the frequency band of 4 to 14 GHz which has approved as a commercial UWB band. The experimental and simulation results exhibit good agreement together for antenna 1. The proposed antenna1 is able to achieve an impedance bandwidth about 111%. The proposed antenna2 is able to achieve an impedance bandwidth about (31.58%) for lower frequency and (62.54%) for upper frequency bandwidth. A simulated frequency notched band ranging from 6.05 GHz to 7.33 GHz and a measured frequency notched band ranging from 6.22 GHz to 8.99 GHz are achieved and gives one narrow band of axial ratio (1.43%). The proposed antennas can be used in wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) communications.     

一种新型超宽带小型化U型微带滤波器

提出了一种新型超宽带(UWB)小型化微带滤波器。这种结构采用多个短路支节并联于主传输线上,短路支节长度为四分之一波长。采用一种新型等效电路对其进行分析、模拟,其中的主传输线、并联支节线以及T型结、拐角、接地孔等不连续处均等效为相应的电路元件,并结合适当的U型电路变形。通过精确建模、仿真,使这种新型结构的滤波器具有更小的体积和更宽的通带。采用0.762 mm厚RT Duriod 6002板材实际制作一个通带为3～21 GHz的超宽带微带滤波器,尺寸为12 mm×21 mm×0.762 mm。该滤波器不仅体积小,且性能优良,其带内损耗小于2.1 dB,回波损耗优于-8.2 dB。实做通带2.96～21.01 GHz,带宽达150.6%,与仿真结果较为吻合,可以满足工程应用的需要。     

Asymmetric Parallel-Coupled Lines for Notch Implementation in UWB Filters

In this letter, a novel microstrip parallel-coupled line structure with two asymmetric loading stubs is proposed for notched band implementation in ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF). The rejection band is introduced by adding asymmetric loading stubs to the two outer arms of three parallel-coupled lines. The lengths and the widths of the stubs can control the bandwidth of the notched filter and can set the notched band at a desired frequency. This structure has been applied to a single-stage UWB BPF in order to produce a narrow notched band inside its passband. The design is successfully realized in theory and verified by full-wave electromagnetic simulation and the experiment.     

Dual mode wideband band-pass filter with notched band for communication system

This paper presents a planar microstrip wideband dual mode Band-Pass Filter (BPF) from 2 GHz to 3.4 GHz with a notched band at 2.62 GHz. The dual mode band-pass filter consists of a ring resonator with two quarter-wavelength open-circuited stubs at ?? =90° and ?? =0°, respectively. A square perturbation stub has been put at the corner of the ring resonator to increase the narrow stopbands and improve the performance of selectivity. By using a parallel-coupled feed line, a narrow notched band is introduced at the required frequency and its Fractional BandWidth (FBW) is about 5%. The proposed filter has a narrow notched band and a wide pass-band with a sharp cutoff frequency characteristic, the attenuation rate for the sharp cutoff frequency responses is 297.17 dB/GHz (calculated from 1.959 GHz with ?34.43 dB to 2.065 GHz with ?2.93 dB) and 228.10 dB/GHz (calculated from 3.395 GHz with ?2.873 dB to 3.507 GHz with ?28.42 dB). This filter has the advantages of good insertion loss in both operating bands and two rejections of greater than 16 dB in the range of 1.59 GHz to 1.99 GHz and 3.49 GHz to 3.98 GHz. Having been presented in this article, the measurement results agree well with the simulation results, which validates our idea.     

Compact coplanar waveguide fed ultra wideband antenna with a notch band characteristic

A coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a notch band characteristic is presented for 2.4 GHz and UWB applications. The bandwidth is broadened by embedding two inverted L-shaped slots in the CPW ground and the notch band is achieved by etching a rectangle slot in the CPW ground. The notched band can be controlled by adjusting the length of the rectangle slot and the two inverted L-shaped slots. Experimental and numerical results show that the proposed antenna with compact size of 28 × 21 mm², has an impedance bandwidth range from 2.38 GHz to 12.0 GHz for voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2, expect the notch band frequency 5.0–6.0 GHz for HIPERLAN/2, IEEE 802.11a (5.1–5.9 GHz) and C-band (4.4–5 GHz) for satellite and military applications.     

4-element planar array antenna for UWB application

A novel low-cost 4-element planar array antenna directly fed by a coaxial cable for Ultra-WideBand(UWB) application is presented. The proposed antenna consists of 2×2 bowtie elements and a simple 1:4 power divider feeding network. Compared to the basic bowtie element, the impedance bandwidth of the array antenna has a significant improvement that the low cut-off frequency is extended from 6 GHz of the bowtie element to 2 GHz. The measured results show that the proposed antenna has a large bandwidth of 2 GHz to 11 GHz for Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR)2, and exhibits a bidirectional radiation pattern and a modest gain across the operating band and a peak gain of about 9 dBi at 11 GHz.     

3–10-GHz Ultra-Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier Utilizing Miller Effect and Inductive Shunt–Shunt Feedback Technique

In this paper, we demonstrate an SiGe HBT ultra-wideband (UWB) low-noise amplifier (LNA), achieved by a newly proposed methodology, which takes advantage of the Miller effect for UWB input impedance matching and the inductive shunt-shunt feedback technique for bandwidth extension by pole-zero cancellation. The SiGe UWB LNA dissipates 25.8-mW power and achieves S₁₁ below -10 dB for frequencies from 3 to 14 GHz (except for a small range from 10 to 11 GHz, which is below -9 dB), flat S₂₁ of 24.6 plusmn 1.5 dB for frequencies from 3 to 11.6 GHz, noise figure of 2.5 and 5.8 dB at 3 and 10 GHz, respectively, and good phase linearity property (group-delay variation is only plusmn28 ps across the entire band). The measured 1-dB compression point (P₁ dB) and input third-order intermodulation point are -25.5 and -17 dBm, respectively, at 5.4 GHz.     

一种基于正方环形谐振器的新型宽带带通滤波器

本文设计了一种紧凑型、宽通带、宽阻带的微带带通滤波器。该滤波器的设计是基于带有两个开路调节支节的正方谐振环。基于紧凑性的考虑,改变了传统方环谐振滤波器的馈电点和开路调节支节的位置,以便对谐振环进行折叠处理。这种改变并不影响谐振环的奇偶模特性。在输入和输出端口,通过两个叉指耦合结构对滤波器进行馈电,这种馈电方式增加了滤波器阻带的带宽和抑制度。滤波器的中心频率为4GHz,相对带宽为45％,通带内的回波损耗小于-12dB,群时延小于0．8ns,1-2．9GHz阻带抑制度大于12dB,5．3～7GHz阻带抑制度大于18dB。     

一种可用于体域网的小型化超宽带天线设计

基于FR4环氧板,设计了一种可用于体域网的非对称共面波导馈电的超宽带天线。该天线由Y型贴片、梯形地板和三叉戟共面馈线组成。Y型贴片、圆形贴片、三角形贴片实现4~5 GHz的中低频处带宽小于-10 d B的效果,梯形地板和三叉戟共面馈线实现7~14 GHz的高频处带宽小于-10 d B的效果。该天线采用非对称共面波导的馈电方式,具有良好的共面性与高度的集成性,使得天线的总体尺寸更小,辐射贴片的面积为22 mm×21 mm。与以往的小型化超宽带天线相比,该天线具有尺寸更小、带宽更宽的优势。经网络矢量分析仪测试结果表明,该天线在2. 14~11. 32 GHz的超宽带频段内回波损耗小于-10 d B(相对带宽为136. 4%),可适用于2. 4/5. 2/5. 8 GHz无线局域网、3. 5/5. 5 GHz WiMAX、LTE频段38和LTE频段40。同时,该天线距离人体大于5 mm时的比吸收率(SAR)小于2 W/kg,满足国际标准。     

High‐Gain Wideband CMOS Low Noise Amplifier with Two‐Stage Cascode and Simplified Chebyshev Filter

An ultra‐wideband low‐noise amplifier is proposed with operation up to 8.2 GHz. The amplifier is fabricated with a 0.18‐μm CMOS process and adopts a two‐stage cascode architecture and a simplified Chebyshev filter for high gain, wide band, input‐impedance matching, and low noise. The gain of 19.2 dB and minimum noise figure of 3.3 dB are measured over 3.4 to 8.2 GHz while consuming 17.3 mW of power. The Proposed UWB LNA achieves a measured power‐gain bandwidth product of 399.4 GHz.     

Compact CPW-Fed ultrawideband MIMO antenna using hexagonal ring monopole antenna elements

In this paper, a compact coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultra-wide band (UWB) multi input multi output (MIMO) antenna is proposed. The antenna consists of two antiparallel hexagonal ring monopole elements. Circular arcs shaped grounded stubs are used to enhance the isolation, both the arcs are connected through stub to make common ground. Tapering of the slots of CPW feed line at feed point, and grounded slots are introduced for impedance matching over UWB. The proposed antenna is fabricated and impedance bandwidth, isolation, radiation pattern, and gain are measured. Moreover, envelop correlation coefficient (ECC) results are given. Proposed antenna structure operates in the frequency range 3–12 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 120% keeping isolation better than 15 dB. The antenna has a compact size of 45 × 25 mm².