Compact Quad Band-Notched Monopole Antenna for UWB Systems

A novel compact microstrip-fed UWB antenna with quad notched band is proposed. The antenna consists of a rectangular radiating patch with a half circle, a tapered microstrip feed-line, and a semi-elliptical ground plane. With a pair of L-shaped slots, complementary co-directional SRR and a pair of C-shaped stubs, four notched bands are created to prevent interference from WiMAX/lower WLAN/higher WLAN/X-band. Experimental results show that the designed antenna, with compact size of 20 × 30 mm², has an ultrawide band (VSWR < 2) from 2.68 to 13 GHz, except four notched bands of 3.13–3.8, 4.87–5.52, 5.65–6.1, 7.12–8 GHz. Good radiation patterns and stable gain within the operating band have been observed.     

A compact wide slot antenna with dual band-notch characteristic for ultra-wideband applications

A new type of ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a dual-notched frequency band, compact size of 21?×?28?mm² and a coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed is proposed in this article. Two notched frequency bands are obtained by embedding two U-shaped slots in the radiation patch and a rectangle slot in the ground plane, which can be controlled by adjusting the length of the responding slots. The frequency domain characteristics are investigated and measured. Both the experimental and numerical results show that the proposed antenna has an impedance bandwidth ranging from 3.1?GHz to more than 11.0?GHz in which voltage standing wave ratio is less than 2, expect two notch frequency band, 5–6?GHz (WLAN) and 7.7–8.5?GHz (X-band for satellite communications in China).     

一种小型的具有良好陷波特性的超宽带缝隙天线

 为了有效地抑制超宽带通信系统与窄带通信系统之间潜在的干扰,提出了一种小型的带组合陷波结构的缝隙超宽带天线.该天线采用印刷电路板上的多边形缝隙作为辐射单元,由背面的T形微带线馈电,天线的总尺寸仅为16mm×25mm×0.8mm.通过T形微带上开的一C形槽和地板上开的一矩形槽的组合陷波结构,产生阻带特性且阻带陡度更陡峭、带宽更宽,实现了良好的陷波功能.仿真和测试的结果表明,天线在超宽带系统3.1GHz~10.6GHz工作频段内的电压驻波比小于2,在5~6GHz频率范围实现了良好的滤波特性,有效地阻隔了无线局域网系统对超宽带系统的影响.同时该天线在整个工作频段具有良好的全向辐射方向特性和稳定的增益.     

Design of UWB monopole antenna with dual notched band characteristics by using π-shaped slot and EBG resonator

In this paper, we propose the design of coplanar waveguide (CPW) ultra-wideband (UWB) dual notched band monopole antenna with a π-shaped slot and EBG is proposed. The designed antenna produces an impedance bandwidth of 2.7–11.7 GHz (VSWR < 2), except with 3.4 GHz (3.3–3.7 GHz) for S-band WiMAX application and 6.9 GHz (6.5–7.2 GHz) for C-band IEEE INSAT applications. Here, the lower and upper notches are realized by proposing a π-shaped slot on the radiating element and an electromagnetic bandgap structure as a resonator integrated on either side of the ground plane. Meanwhile, the impedance over a frequency range and current distribution are also plotted for the proposed design. The antenna prototype is fabricated and characterized experimentally for validation purpose. Fair matching is observed among the simulated and measured results.     

Design of Compact Quad-Band Notched UWB-MIMO Antenna

With quad-notched band characteristic, a compact ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple-input-multiple-output antenna is proposed in the article. There are two identical monopole elements in the system. By inserting symmetrical L-shaped slots, complementary split-ring resonators) and C-shaped stubs in each element, four notched bands are achieved to filter 3.5 GHz WiMAX, 5.25 GHz lower WLAN, 5.8 GHz upper WLAN, and 7.5 GHz X-band. Without decoupling structures, the antennas were placed vertically to obtain high isolation. Results indicate that the antenna operates from 2.6 to 13 GHz except four rejected bands, and port isolation (S21) is better than ?25 dB, envelope correlation coefficient is below 0.002 in UWB spectrum frequency of 3.1–10.6 GHz.     

Design of band-notched antenna with DG-CEBG

Ultra-wideband (UWB) disc monopole antenna with crescent shaped slot for double band-notched features is presented. Planned antenna discards worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) band (3.3–3.6 GHz) and wireless local area network (WLAN) band (5–6 GHz). Defected ground compact electromagnetic band gap (DG-CEBG) designs are used to accomplish band notches in WiMAX and WLAN bands. Defected ground planes are utilised to achieve compactness in electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures. The proposed WiMAX and WLAN DG-CEBG designs show a compactness of around 46% and 50%, respectively, over mushroom EBG structures. Parametric analyses of DG-CEBG design factors are carried out to control the notched frequencies. Stepwise notch transition from upper to lower frequencies is presented with incremental inductance augmentation. The proposed antenna is made-up on low-cost FR-4 substrate of complete extents as (42 × 50 × 1.6) mm³.Fabricated sample antenna shows excellent consistency in simulated and measured outcomes.     

超宽带单陷波四元MIMO天线的设计

该文设计了一款具有单陷波特性的高隔离超宽带(UWB)四单元多输入多输出(MIMO)天线。天线的尺寸为65 mm×65 mm×0.8 mm。4个槽天线单元水平正交放置,采用易加工集成的共面波导(CPW)馈电,引入缺陷地及十字隔离枝节去耦。通过在天线辐射贴片上刻蚀一个U 形槽,在4.35~6.08 GHz处产生陷波,能阻止WLAN(5.15~5.825 GHz)的通信干扰。经实测,该天线的工作频段为2.46~10.6 GHz,隔离度＜-20 dB,在4.35~6.08 GHz产生覆盖WLAN 的阻带,包络相关系数＜0.02,分集增益＞9.998,实测性能良好。该天线能够广泛应用于UWB-MIMO 通信系统。     

Equivalent circuit model-based design and analysis of microstrip line fed electrically small patch antenna for sub-6 GHz 5G applications

In this paper, an equivalent circuit model-based electrically small patch antenna is designed for sub-6 GHz 5G application (3.5 GHz) using 50-Ω microstrip line feed. The overall size of the proposed antenna is 0.33λ₀ × 0.4λ₀ × 0.019λ₀ (28 × 34 × 1.6 mm³) at 3.50 GHz frequency. The proposed antenna has a tilted Y-shape slot, two rectangular shape slots, and two rectangular shape notches in the radiating patch. The proposed antenna is resonating from 3.21 to 3.74 GHz covering the entire sub-6 GHz 5G band (3.3–3.8 GHz). The impedance bandwidth (simulated) of the proposed antenna has been obtained 530 MHz resonating at 3.50 GHz frequency. The good return loss of −23.62 dB is also obtained at 3.50 GHz resonant frequency. The simulation results and geometry of the proposed antenna are validated with equivalent circuit model and experimental measurement of prototype antenna using vector network analyzer (VNA) and anechoic chamber. In the whole operating frequency range, the measured findings show reasonable agreement with the simulated ones. The measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna has been obtained 480 MHz (3.21–3.69 GHz) resonating at 3.48 GHz frequency with a return loss of −21.61 dB, while the theoretical impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna has been obtained 720 MHz (3.18–3.90 GHz) resonating at 3.58 GHz frequency with a return loss of −21.5 dB. The peak gain of 3.39 (simulated) and 3.2 dB (measured) is obtained at 3.50 GHz frequency. Moreover, the antenna shows 97% (simulated) and 95% (measured) efficiency at 3.50 GHz frequency.     

一种小型具有双阻带特性的超宽带天线设计

提出了一种具有双阻带特性的共面波导馈电超宽带天线。通过在辐射单元上开E型槽实现了3.75 GHz的第一个陷波结构,并在地板上开两条对称槽实现5.5 GHz的第二个陷波结构。文中提出的具有阻带特性超宽带天线的实测结果与仿真结果吻合较好。除了两个期望的阻带外其他超宽带频段内,该天线满足VSWR<2。同时给出了仿真辐射方向图和增益图。     

Compact UWB monopole antenna with quadruple band notched characteristics

ABSTRACT

A compact planar Ultrawideband (UWB) monopole antenna with quadruple band notch characteristics is proposed. The proposed antenna consists of a notched rectangular radiating patch with a 50 Ω microstrip feed line, and a defected ground plane. The quadruple band notched functions are achieved by utilising two inverted U-shaped slots, a symmetrical split ring resonator pair (SSRRP) and a via hole. The fabricated antenna has a compact size of 24 mm × 30 mm × 1.6 mm with an impedance bandwidth ranging from 2.86 to 12.2 GHz for magnitude of S₁₁ < ?10 dB. The four band notched characteristics of proposed antenna are in the WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) band (3.25–3.55 GHz), C band (3.7–4.2 GHz), WLAN (wireless local area network) band (5.2–5.9 GHz) and the downlink frequency band of X band (7–7.8 GHz) for satellite communication are obtained. The measured and simulation results of proposed antenna are in good agreement to achieve impedance matching, stable radiation patterns, constant gain and group delay over the operating bandwidth.     

Design of Compact Planar Triple Band-Notch Monopole Antenna for Ultra-wideband Applications

In this article a microstrip-fed mickey shaped monopole antenna with triple notched band characteristics for ultra-wideband applications is presented. By etching two slots in the ground plane, improved VSWR bandwidth is achieved. Mickey shape radiating patch provides 10 dB return-loss bandwidth from 3.10 to 10.60 GHz. By etching three simple C-shaped slots on the radiating patch, three existing wireless communication systems which interfere with UWB band is removed which includes WiMAX IEEE802.16 (3.30–3.80 GHz), WLAN IEEE802.11a/h/j/n (5.15–5.35, 5.25–5.35, 5.47–5.725, 5.725–5.825 GHz) and X-band downlink satellite system (7.1–7.9 GHz). Experimental results reveal that the proposed antenna exhibits desirable radiation patterns in the far field, resulting omnidirectional like pattern in the H-plane and nearly dipole like pattern in the E-plane.     

New CRLH-Based Planar Slotted Antennas with Helical Inductors for Wireless Communication Systems,RF-Circuits and Microwave Devices at UHF–SHF Bands

Two novel planar slotted-antennas (PSAs) are presented that exhibit good radiation characteristics at the UHF–SHF bands. The proposed antennas are constructed using metamaterial unit-cells constituted from capacitive slots etched in the radiating patch and grounded spiral shaped inductive stubs. The proposed PSA design is fabricated on a commercially available dielectric substrate, i.e. Rogers RO4003 with permittivity of 3.38 and thickness of 1.6 mm. The first PSA comprising five symmetrical unit-cells of slot–inductor–slot configuration operates over a wide bandwidth extending from 1 to 4.2 GHz with a peak gain of 1.5 dBi and efficiency of 35 % at 2 GHz. The second PSA consists of ten asymmetrical unit-cells of slot–inductor configuration on the same size of substrate as the first PSA, enhances the antenna gain by 2 dB and efficiency by 25 % and operates over 0.75–4.5 GHz. The asymmetrical unit-cell effectively increases the aperture size of the antenna without comprising its size. The electrical size of the antenna is 0.083λ₀ × 0.033λ₀ × 0.005λ₀, where free-space wavelength (λ₀) is 1 GHz.     

Compact,Isolation Enhanced,Band-Notched SWB–MIMO Antenna Suited for Wireless Personal Communications

Herein, a Conductor Backed Co-Planar Waveguide fed, compact, slotted Multiple–Input–Multiple–Output or MIMO antenna having Super Wideband (SWB) response and tunable band-notching feature is presented. In addition, an improved method for cut-off frequency prediction of the antenna is formulated. A super wide frequency response from 01.21 to 34.0 GHz and notches at Wireless Local Area Networks or WLAN bands (04.92–05.83 GHz) and Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access or WiMAX bands (03.30 GHz–03.70 GHz) are obtained. By fine tuning the dimensions of the Split Ring Resonator Structure introduced in the radiating element, band-notched characteristics centered at 05.50 GHz WLAN band is obtained. A second band notch having centre frequency at 03.50 GHz for the WiMAX band is obtained by the introduction of a Spiral Microstrip Defected Structure in the feeding segment. The antenna is 20?×?36?×?1 mm³ in dimension. Acceptable gain all through the functional bandwidth, excepting the notched bands makes the MIMO antenna a novel contender for SWB operations particularly for Wireless Personal Communications.

     

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.     

Electromagnetic band gap coupled tri-notched miniaturized ultra-wideband antenna loaded with slot and parasitic strip

An electromagnetic band gap (EBG) coupled miniaturized tri-notched printed ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole microstrip antenna having dimensions of 22 mm × 26 mm × 1.6 mm loaded with a slot in radiating patch and a parasitic strip in the ground plane has been presented. The proposed structure incorporates a square-shaped metallic radiating patch with a square EBG structure adjacent to the microstrip feed line, a U-shaped meandered slot over the radiating element, and a U-shaped parasitic resonator at the ground plane beneath the radiating element, to reject the C-band satellite downlink (3.7 to 4.2 GHz), WLAN frequency band (5.15 to 5.85 GHz), and X-band satellite downlink (7.25 to 7.75 GHz) frequency bands, respectively. The designed antenna operates in the frequency range from 3 to 11.1 GHz, with an impedance bandwidth of 8.1 GHz and a percentage bandwidth of 114%. Modification steps incorporating into the reference antenna to achieve the desired design objectives have been discussed, along with parametric studies. The proposed design has been simulated using Ansys HFSS, and measurement has been taken using standard measurement technique and compared with the simulated results.     

Performances of OSIC Detector of an UpLink OFDM Massive-MIMO System in Rayleigh and Ricain Fading Channels

A compact rectangular microstrip-fed Ultra Wideband patch antenna with double band notched feature at Wi-Max and WLAN is offered in this paper. The designed antenna is composed of an ordinary rectangular patch antenna with a partially defective ground structure. For achieving dual notch characteristics a ‘U’ and ‘Reversed U’ slots are embedded in the radiating patch. The partial ground plane structure with U shaped slot in the middle is incorporated for achieving additional resonance and bandwidth enhancement. The proposed antenna has a measurement of 20 × 33 × 1.6 mm³. First notch created by U shaped slot at frequency 3.5 GHz is for Wi-Max (from 2.9 to 4.5 GHz) and Second notch which is generated by Reversed U shaped slots at frequency 5.4 GHz is for WLAN (from 5.49 to 6.45 GHz). The antenna covers almost complete range of Ultra Wideband (3.1–10.6 GHz). The Simulation analysis of the proposed antenna is carried out using CST-2011 simulation software. The radiation pattern of the simulated antenna is near Omnidirectional and the Gain of proposed antenna is almost stable over the range of UWB excluding notch bands.

     

Compact UWB Antenna with High Rejection Triple Band-Notch Characteristics for Wireless Applications

In this paper, small printed flower-shape triple notch ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with high band rejection is presented. Notch bands include WiMAX (IEEE802.16 3.30–3.80 GHz), WLAN IEEE802.11a/h/j/n (5.15–5.35, 5.25–5.35, 5.47–5.725, 5.725–5.825 GHz), and X-band downlink satellite system (7.1–7.9 GHz). By including inverted T-shape stub and etching two C-shaped slots on the radiating patch, triple band-notch function is obtained with measured high band rejection (VSWR = 14.52 at 3.58 GHz, VSWR = 15.88 at 5.69 GHz and VSWR = 6.95 at 7.61 GHz) and covers a UWB useable fractional bandwidth of 114.30% (2.74–10.57 GHz = 7.83 GHz). In short the antenna offers triple band-notch UWB systems as a compact multifunctional antenna to reduce the number of antennas installed in wireless devices for accessing multiple wireless networks with wide radiation pattern. The proposed antenna has a small size of about 0.25λ × 0.30λ at 4.2 GHz (first resonance frequency), which has a size reduction of 30% with respect to the earlier published antenna. Both the experimental and simulated results of the proposed antenna are presented, indicating that the antenna is a good candidate for various UWB applications.

     

一种新型陷波特性超宽带天线设计

为了满足现代通信的需求,设计了一种新型的超宽带平面天线,实现了良好的超宽频带阻抗匹配.该天线的辐射贴片与接地板结构相似,通过在辐射贴片上加载U型槽以及在馈线一侧加载新型陷波结构分别在中心频率3.5 GHz和5.5 GHz处产生陷波.天线实测与仿真结果基本相近,通带内辐射效果良好,且该天线对WIMAX及WLAN波段有很好的抑制功能,可用于超宽带系统.     

Wideband GNSS antenna covered by a double-sided metasurface

A novel global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna that employs a double-sided metasurface (MS) to cover a circularly slotted patch antenna is presented. With this MS, the antenna has a wide −10-dB reflection coefficient bandwidth from 1.160 GHz to 1.640 GHz (34.3%) and 3-dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth from 1.170 GHz to 1.720 GHz (38.1%), covering all frequency bands of the GNSSs within a single band. Meanwhile, the right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) gain of the antenna is enhanced by the MS, with a peak value of 6.44 dBic at 1.600 GHz. An electrically small footprint of 0.364 λ₀ × 0.364 λ₀ is also achieved by the antenna at the operating frequency of 1.170 GHz.     

Compact ultra-wideband antenna with tri-band notched characteristic

A compact ultra-wideband printed planar antenna with tri-band notched characteristic is presented. Two different types of slots are used to obtain tri-band notched characteristic. By using a U-slot defected ground structure, a notched band, 5?6 GHz for WLAN, is achieved. An H-shaped slot is etched on the radiating patch to obtain another two notched bands at 3.3?3.7 GHz for WiMAX and 7.2 GHz for some C-band satellite communication systems. The proposed antenna yields an impedance bandwidth of 3.1?10.6 GHz with VSWR , 2, except the notched bands. The antenna is successfully simulated and measured, showing tri-band notched characteristic can be obtained by using two different slots.