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.     

Circularly-Polarized Wide Slot Antenna Loaded With a Parasitic Patch

A design is described of a broadband circularly-polarized (CP) slot antenna. A conventional annular-ring slot antenna is first analyzed, and it is found that two adjacent CP modes can be simultaneously excited through the proximity coupling of an L-shaped feed line. By tuning the dimensions of this L-shaped feed line, the two CP modes can be coupled together and a broad CP bandwidth is thus formed. The design method is also valid when the inner circular patch of the annular-ring slot antenna is vertically raised from the ground plane. In this case, the original band-limited ring slot antenna is converted into a wide-band structure that is composed of a circular wide slot and a parasitic patch, and consequently the CP bandwidth is further enhanced. For the patch-loaded wide slot antenna, its key parameters are investigated to show how to couple the two CP modes and achieve impedance matching. The effects of the distance between the parasitic patch and wide slot on the CP bandwidth and antenna gain are also presented and discussed in details.      

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。     

小型化缝隙加载圆极化及宽带微带贴片天线设计

提出了一种十字形缝隙加载的小型宽带及圆极化微带贴片天线的设计方法。该天线通过在方形贴片上加载一个大尺寸的十字形缝隙实现天线的尺寸缩减,介质基片采用由FR4和空气层组成的层叠结构,在缝隙中嵌入L型枝节,只需通过调整枝节上同轴线馈电点的位置来获得圆极化或宽带阻抗匹配。ANSYS HFSS仿真分析表明,天线的圆极化带宽（AR≤3 dB）为1.7%,阻抗带宽（VSWR≤2）为5.8%,天线在宽带范围内具有稳定的增益,峰值增益为7.8 dB,同时贴片面积缩减了52.3%。改变馈电点的位置可调节两个谐振频率使天线阻抗带宽达到9.4%,比传统的微带贴片天线阻抗带宽提高了114%。     

Design of CPW-fed asymmetric slot UWB antenna for wireless application

A compact Ultra-WideBand(UWB) slot antenna is presented in this paper. The slot is modified rectangular in shape and asymmetrically cut in the ground plane. A hexagonal patch with two stepped CoPlanar Waveguide(CPW) feed is used to excite the slot. Wider impedance bandwidth is achieved due to the extra inductive reactance created by the asymmetric slot which neutralizes the capacitive reactance of the hexagonal patch. The measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 11.85 GHz(2.9–14.75 GHz). The radiation patterns of the proposed antenna are obtained and found to be omni-directional in H-plane and bi-directional in E-plane.     

平面小型化双陷波天线设计

本文设计了一种具有双频陷波特性的小型化平面单极子天线．该天线由开有π型与W型缝隙的辐射贴片和一对L型分支组成．L型分支的作用是能够激励额外谐振,从而增加阻抗带宽,π型和W型缝隙能够实现双陷波特性．该天线可以实现超过130％的带宽（2．77～13．62 GHz）,最大的特点是具有12×18×1．6 mm3的小型化尺寸．最终的仿真和测试结果显示其在整个超宽带频段内具有良好的陷波特性、增益和全向辐射特性．     

一种寄生阵列宽带圆极化天线的设计

该文设计了一款C波段单馈寄生阵列的宽带圆极化天线。此天线采用紧邻的双层F4B介质基板,通过在方形驱动贴片上开槽及采用寄生阵列的设计实现了圆极化。对天线结构的设计步骤进行说明,研究了各结构对天线阻抗带宽和轴比带宽的影响,并研究了寄生贴片切角长度和驱动贴片上的缝隙宽度对天线轴比和带宽的影响。对天线的圆极化方向图进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,在5.5 GHz时实现了右旋圆极化,最大增益为8.1 dBi。加工并测试了宽带圆极化天线,测试结果与仿真结果基本相符,天线实测的阻抗带宽为1.3 GHz,轴比带宽为1.26 GHz。设计的叠层天线具有结构紧凑,装配简单和轴比带宽大的优点。     

Broadband circularly-polarised slot antenna array

A stacked slot antenna is proposed and studied to improve the performance of a circularly-polarised (CP) annular-ring slot antenna that has the disadvantages of a narrow bandwidth, a lower gain and bidirectional radiation. The stacked antenna structure is composed of a circular wide slot, a parasitic patch and a metallic reflector, and its CP radiation is excited through the proximity coupling of an L-shaped microstrip line. A 4 times 4 array using the stacked slot antenna as an element is also developed and designed at X-band. Details of the antenna design and obtained results are presented.     

A wide bandwidth and wide beamwidth CDMA/GSM base station antenna array with low backlobe radiation

A wide bandwidth and wide beamwidth L-probe-fed patch antenna array with a novel design of grounded structure is proposed and tested. The antenna is made of stacked patches supported by plastic screws. The patches are proximity fed via L-shaped probe. By cutting slots in two vertical side walls of a box-shaped grounded structure, an impedance bandwidth larger than 20% (SWR<1.5), an H-plane beamwidth over 90/spl deg/, and much reduction in backlobe radiation can be obtained. Details of the proposed antenna, simulation, and experimental results are presented and discussed.     

一种新颖的宽带圆极化单极天线

该文设计了一种新颖的宽带圆极化单极子天线,该天线采用微带馈电模式。天线由C型贴片和改进的地板组成,整个天线尺寸仅为25×25×1 mm3。通过在C型贴片上切角和在地板上增加三角形微扰结构,可以有效增加天线的阻抗带宽和轴比带宽。该文给出了天线的设计流程,从表面电流分布分析了圆极化天线的工作机理。加工了天线实物,并对其进行了测量。仿真和实测结果表明天线具有超宽的阻抗带宽和轴比带宽。天线的工作频带为4.35～12 GHz(相对带宽为93.6%),3 dB轴比带宽为4.15～11.8 GHz(相对带宽为95.9%)。测量了天线的辐射性能和增益特性,实测结果与仿真结果吻合较好,证明了该天线的有效性。该天线可以应用于超宽带无线通信系统和卫星通信系统中。     

具有谐波抑制功能的宽带圆极化宽缝天线

针对微波无线输能系统中接收天线质量轻、体积小、剖面低、易与微波电路集成的特点,设计了一款新型的具有谐波抑制功能的宽带圆极化宽缝接收天线。通过在长方形缝隙中添加末端具有圆形贴片的交叉结构实现圆极化性能,添加切角结构展宽圆极化带宽。在馈线上添加具有一定长度的开路支节,配合使用缺陷地结构共同实现谐波抑制功能。研究并测试了天线的反射系数、轴比、增益以及远场辐射方向图,仿真与实测基本吻合。仿真结果显示,该天线很好地抑制了基频5.8 GHz的二次谐波和三次谐波,在4.5~6.2 GHz的范围内S11<-10 dB,相对阻抗带宽31.8%;基频5.8 GHz处的轴比AR=1.3 dB,在频率范围4.2~6.15 GHz内轴比AR<3 dB,相对轴比带宽37.7%;基频5.8 GHz仿真增益6.7 dB。     

Miniaturized wideband dual linearly and circularly polarized printed square slot antenna for multiradio wireless systems

A dual symmetrical coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed small size wideband printed square slot antenna (SSA) with dual linearly and circularly polarized radiation capability is presented. The antenna is composed using a square slot, two symmetrical orthogonal CPW feed lines connected to horizontal and vertical arm of L-shaped radiator, an embedded parasitic inverted-L strip at the lower left corner of the square ground slot and engraving slots in the ground plane. Circular polarization (CP) is achieved due to two orthogonal CPW feed lines and a common L-shaped radiator. Isolation between ports is improved by engraving slots at the lower left corner of ground plane and embedded parasitic inverted-L strip. The sense of dual-polarization can be changed in pass-band by changing the port excitation. Measured antenna reveals that an 84.4% (4.6 GHz, 3.15–7.75 GHz) −10 dB impedance bandwidth (IBW) and about 33% (2.03 GHz, 5.12–7.15 GHz) 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW). Isolation between ports <−16 dB is achieved over usable CP band.     

一种新型环状宽带圆极化微带天线设计

本文设计了一种新型的环状开缝的宽带圆极化微带贴片天线,通过等幅度90°相位差的L型探针馈电。通过在环状贴片上开槽可以有效的增加轴比和阻抗带宽。传统的圆极化天线带宽受限于阻抗、轴比和增益的公共带宽,本文提出的天线得到有效带宽从1.1GHz到1.9GHz,相对带宽达到了53%以上,频带覆盖了GPS、GALILEO、COMPASS、GLONASS四大导航系统。该天线性能较好,加工调试简便,在卫星导航等领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

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.     

Ultra-Wideband Slot Antenna with Rejection of WLAN and ITU Bands Using Protruded Strip Resonators

In this paper, a different method for designing a new slot antenna with dual band-notched characteristic for ultra-wideband applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a square-ring radiating stub with an inverted T-shaped strip protruded inside the ring, a feed-line with an E-shaped strip protruded inside the rectangular slot, and a ground plane with a pair of L-shaped strips protruded inside the extra rectangular slot. In this study, by using a a pair of L-shaped strips protruded inside the slot in the ground plane, additional resonance is excited and hence much wider impedance bandwidth can be produced. By using this modified structure in the ground plane, the antenna provides a wide usable fractional bandwidth of more than 130 % (3.01–15.35 GHz). To generate a single band-notched function, we convert a square radiating patch to a square-ring with an inverted T-shaped strip. Finally, by adding a rectangular slot with a protruded E-shaped strip in the microstrip feed line, a dual band-notched function is achieved. The measured results reveal that the presented dual band-notched slot antenna offers a very wide bandwidth with two notched bands, covering all the 5–6 GHz wireless local area network, 8–8.5 GHz international telecommunication union bands.     

一种新型单馈点宽带圆极化微带天线的设计

介绍了一种新型单层单贴片圆极化微带天线。该天线采用同轴线单点馈电,通过在圆形贴片上开C型缝的方法实现圆极化辐射并同时展宽了天线的阻抗带宽。仿真结果显示,该新型天线工作于C波段时,3dB轴比带宽为2.6%（124 MHz）,VSWR〈2的阻抗带宽达到10%（477 MHz）。证明了在贴片上开C型缝是展宽带宽和实现圆极化的有效方法。     

Circularly polarised patch antenna array using proximity-coupledL-strip line feed

A microstrip antenna array for circular polarisation (CP) using a proximity L-strip line feed is proposed and experimentally investigated. By placing a cross-slot with unequal slot lengths on the circular patch, circular polarisation can be excited. Also, a sequential rotation technique is adopted for the design of this CP antenna array to widen the bandwidth. The impedance and axial ratio bandwidth values are 78 and 16.15%, respectively. The boresight axial ratio is 0.4 dB at 1.91 GHz     

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.     

一种透射型线-圆极化转换超表面的设计及应用

提出了一种单对角线开缝的方形单元构成的透射型极化旋转超表面,并将其应用于宽带圆极化微带缝隙天线的设计中。采用等效电路法分析了超表面实现线-圆极化转换的工作机制,并对天线圆极化带宽的影响因素进行了参数扫描。仿真结果表明:加载超表面使线极化微带缝隙天线产生了圆极化辐射;同时,扩展了天线的阻抗带宽。天线相对阻抗带宽达到了33.2%,3 dB轴比带宽达到了19.5%,在阻抗带宽内天线增益均高于6.8 dBi,证实了新型超表面结构具有良好的极化旋转特性。     

一种新型双环宽带圆极化微带天线设计

针对微带天线存在固有频段窄、辐射效率低,且难以获得高增益的问题,设计制作了一种新型双环宽带圆极化微带天线。天线贴片单元采用由槽型环和带状环组成的槽带状结构。槽型环和带状环分别在频率较低部分和频率较高部分各提供一个最小轴比值,通过两个最小轴比值的适当结合达到明显的带宽增强效果。天线利用宽带巴伦结构进行馈电,有效增强了阻抗匹配。通过参数优化和实物制作,仿真与实测结果表明,该天线的阻抗带宽(VSWR≤2)和3 dB轴比带宽分别达到了37%和29.8%,增益达到6.4 dB。