Bandwidth and frequency agile MIMO antenna for cognitive vehicular communications

A reconfigurable MIMO antenna for heterogeneous vehicular networks is reported in this paper. The frequency and bandwidth characteristics of the MIMO antenna can be reconfigured to meet multi-standard and multi-frequency requirements in automobiles. The antenna element evolved from an edge-chamfered ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna operating from 2.1 to >15 GHz. The bandwidth reconfiguration is achieved through the selection of excitation paths connecting the feed and radiator. The feedline selection is performed using PIN diodes, making the antenna operate in three distinct modes, namely, UWB mode (Mode 1: 2.1–>15 GHz), industrial, scientific and medical/Internet of Things (ISM/IoT) mode (Mode 2: 2.45 GHz), and wireless local area network (WLAN) mode (Mode 3: 5–6 GHz). The feed path corresponding to Mode 2 and Mode 3 is incorporated with a suitable filtering network to shape the frequency response of the antenna based on the user's requirements. Owing to the requirement of cognitive selection of frequency bands, the frequency tunability in Mode 2 is realized using varactor diodes. The varactor-incorporated feed path reconfigures the center frequency between 2.45 and 3.5 GHz. The proposed MIMO antenna offers gain and total efficiency greater than 2.94 dBi and 76%, respectively. The prototype of the 4-port MIMO antenna is being fabricated to test its functionality in real time.     

Broadband sub-6 GHz flower-shaped MIMO antenna with high isolation using theory of characteristic mode analysis (TCMA) for 5G NR bands and WLAN applications

A small size neutralization line integrated flower-shaped MIMO antenna is designed and analyzed for sub-6 GHz type 5G NR frequency bands like n79 (4400–5000 MHz), n78 (3300–3800 MHz), n77 (3300–4200 MHz), and WLAN (5150–5825 MHz) applications. The novel approach of theory of characteristic mode analysis (TCMA) is introduced to provide physical insight of the designed structure and its characteristics behavior. Due to the suggested modifications in the geometry, the isolation among the patches is greatly increased. The overall miniaturized dimension of the MIMO antenna is 25 × 40 mm². The edge-edge spacing among the elements is 0.0233λ. The prototype antenna is fabricated and measured that shows good agreement compared with simulated results. The designed MIMO antenna without the presence of decoupling structure offers an isolation of 28 dB, gain of 3.6 dBi, and radiation efficiency of 69.7% at the resonant frequency. The proposed MIMO antenna covers a broad range of frequency band from 3.296 to 5.962 GHz with −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 2666 MHz and maintains a good isolation of greater than 50 dB for the entire operating band. The tested radiation efficiency and gain are 85.3% and 6.22 dBi at 3.5 GHz. Moreover, the diversity parameters of the neutralization line integrated MIMO antenna, that is, channel capacity loss (CCL) isolation, mean effective gain (MEG), total active reflection coefficient (TARC) diversity gain (DG), and envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), are analyzed and discussed in this article.     

Triangular quad-port multi-polarized UWB MIMO antenna with enhanced isolation using neutralization ring

In this study, a quad-port multi-polarized ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna system with a new isolation technique is designed for wireless devices. The antenna structure consists of four triangular monopole elements and neutralization ring (NR) structures. The monopoles are back-to-back positioned in symmetrical and orthogonal arrangement. Therefore, they radiate towards four directions without interference, and thus the diversity performance is improved. A novel NR is formed by combining a rectangular ring and a straight line to reduce the mutual coupling due to interoperation of the elements. Each triangular monopole is fed by 50 Ohm microstrip transmission line (MTL) with a thin strip line for ensuring impedance matching. Antenna performance in terms of impedance bandwidth, current distribution, radiation pattern, peak gain and envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) is also investigated. The MIMO antenna system has 3.1–17.3 GHz impedance bandwidth, 1–5 dBi peak gain variation, less than 0.1 ECC. The results indicate that the proposed antenna has the characteristics of larger UWB bandwidth, high isolation by the NR structure, multi-polarization, uniform gain and quasi-omnidirectional pattern.     

一种宽带WLAN贴片天线

文中提出了一种单馈的宽带贴片天线应用于无线局域网络通信。该天线由方形贴片、电抗性阻抗表面以及电磁带隙结构组成。文中提出同时加载电抗性阻抗表面和电磁带隙结构能够实现小型化以及宽带化。电抗性阻抗表面作为接地平面能够降低天线的谐振频率。电磁带隙结构能够提高天线的阻抗带宽。测试结果表明所提出的WLAN贴片天线的相对带宽为22.3%(S₁₁=-10 dB),覆盖4.77～5.97 GHz,可以获得6.3～7.2 dBi增益。与现有宽带小型化天线相比,该天线在保证宽带小型化的前提下仍具有较高增益,且辐射性能具有较高的一致性,十分有利于其应用。该天线能够覆盖IEEE 802.11a标准所规定的5 GHz频段,能够实现无线局域网之间的高速数传。     

A reconfigurable wideband MIMO antenna combines RF energy harvesting

This article introduces a novel and groundbreaking approach combining multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technology with radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting. The proposed antenna consists of two semi-circular monopole antenna components, optimized with dimensions of 89 × 51.02 × 1.6 mm³, that share a common ground plane to achieve MIMO characteristics. A series of split-ring resonators on the ground plane significantly enhances the isolation between the two radiating components. Band-notched features are performed in the 3.5 GHz WiMAX and 5.5 GHz WLAN bands through modified C-shaped slots in the radiating patch and two rectangular split-ring resonators serving as parasitic devices near the feed line. The reconfiguration of band-notching is made possible by controlling the modes of the embedded PIN diodes. The two antenna elements maintain mutual coupling below −18 dB from 1.5–13 GHz, achieving an impressive 158.62% impedance bandwidth. The antenna's efficiency and gain experience significant drop, indicating effective interference suppression at the center frequencies of the notch bands, and its performance in MIMO systems is assessed through parameters including envelope correlation coefficient, port isolation, radiation patterns, efficiency, gain, and diversity gain. The simulated properties of the designed antenna closely align with the measured outcomes, demonstrating its reliability and consistency. Moreover, the article evaluates the antenna's potential for RF energy harvesting, achieving a maximum harvested energy of 4.88 V. This proposed antenna can be used in multiple applications, like wideband, band-notching MIMO, and RF energy harvesting. This proposed antenna is an efficient, reconfigurable wideband MIMO antenna with novel RF energy harvesting capability.     

一种用于WLAN/WiMAX的小型三频带印刷单极天线

设计了一种满足WLAN和WiMAX工作所需的小型共面波导馈电的三频带印刷单极子天线单元。该单极子天线的设计采用了在倒锥形单极天线表面开缝和在底层加载枝节的结构,使其获得了小型化和三频带的性能。采用基于共面波导的馈电方式,使天线单元具备宽带匹配、结构简单、制作方便和易与其它无线通信设备集成等优点。仿真和实测结果表明,设计的天线单元在WLAN和WiAMX应用的频段上10dB阻抗带宽分别约为610MHz(2.10～2.71GHz,约25.4%),310MHz(3.48～3.79GHz,约8.9%)和360MHz(4.96～5.32GHz,约7%),增益也都在2dB以上,而且在相应工作频点上辐射方向图全向性较好。该天线能满足WLAN和WiMAX的应用所需,具有较高的工程应用价值。     

A Pentagonal Shaped Microstrip Planar Antenna with Defected Ground Structure for Ultrawideband Applications

A new compact pentagonal microstrip patch antenna with slotted ground plane structure, developed for use in ultrawideband applications, is studied in this article. The proposed antenna is mainly constituted by a pentagonal shaped patch antenna, a defected ground plane structure, two stubs, and four slots to improve the bandwidth. The designed antenna has an overall dimension of 30?×?17.59?×?1.6 mm³, for WIMAX/WLAN/WiFi/HIPERLAN-2 /Bluetooth/LTE/5G applications with a very large bandwidth starting from 2.66 to 10.82 GHz (S₁₁?<???6 dB). A parametric study of the ground plane structure was carried out to find the final and the optimal UWB antenna, and to confirm that the antenna has good performance and broader bandwidth. The proposed antenna prototype has been fabricated. The measured results indicate that the antenna has a good impedance matching. The antenna has an electrically small dimension with a good gain, a notable efficiency, and a wide impedance bandwidth, which makes this antenna an excellent candidate for ultrawideband wireless communication, microwave imaging, radar applications, and the major part of the mobile phone frequencies as well.

     

Asymmetrical mirror imaged monopole antenna with modified ground structure for DBDP radiations

ABSTRACT

In this article, asymmetrical mirror-imaged monopole antenna comprises a rectangular patch with tuneable stub and supported with modified ground structure (MGS) is investigated. The proposed antenna is characterised for dual band dual polarised (DBDP) radiations and can operate at 2.45 GHz for Wi-Fi and WLAN systems (2.4–2.485 GHz) and 5.45 GHz for WLAN band (WLAN band: 5.2–5.8 GHz) with the corresponding polarisations. A rectangular patch integrated with tuneable stub and a pair of asymmetrical inverted L-shaped slots positioned at ground plane is responsible for circularly polarised higher band; while a parasitic patch is created due to slotting of a mirror-imaged stub from the extended ground plane which is accountable for lower frequency band. The fabricated prototype shows that the measured Impedance bandwidths (VSWR < 2) are 350 and 1770 MHz for lower and higher frequency bands, respectively. The measured axial ratio bandwidth (AR < 3 dB) is yielded as 1450 MHz centred at 5.44 GHz for higher frequency band. The peak gains are measured as 4.3 and 4.15 dB for lower and higher frequency band, respectively. For the prototype antenna, substantial 3-dB beamwidth is found along with good cross polarisation suppression.     

Compact microstrip-line-fed ring monopole antenna with tuning strip for 5 GHz WLAN operation

A novel compact and simple microstrip monopole antenna for 5 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) operation is proposed. To excite a resonant mode in the operating band, a tuning strip is added to the antenna, which consists of a rectangular ring microstrip and a top loaded vertical strip, and is fed by a 50 /spl Omega/ microstrip line. The effects of the added strip to the impedance matching have been studied. A constructed prototype of the proposed antenna has been tested and bandwidth of about 930 MHz ranging from 5.03 to 5.96 GHz, monopole-like radiation pattern, and average gain of greater than 2.6 dBi over the operating band have been obtained.     

λ/64‐spaced compact ESPAR antenna via analog RF switches for a single RF chain MIMO system

In this study, an electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna via analog radio frequency (RF) switches for a single RF chain MIMO system is presented. The proposed antenna elements are spaced at λ/64, and the antenna size is miniaturized via a dielectric radome. The optimum reactance load value is calculated via the beamforming load search algorithm. A switch simplifies the design and implementation of the reactance loads and does not require additional complex antenna matching circuits. The measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed ESPAR antenna is 1,500 MHz (1.75 GHz–3.25 GHz). The proposed antenna exhibits a beam pattern that is reconfigurable at 2.48 GHz due to changes in the reactance value, and the measured peak antenna gain is 4.8 dBi. The reception performance is measured by using a 4  4 BPSK signal. The measured average SNR is 17 dB when using the proposed ESPAR antenna as a transmitter, and the average SNR is 16.7 dB when using a four‐conventional monopole antenna.     

Wideband stubby monopole antenna for mobile phone

A novel stubby monopole antenna fabricated using a single metal plate is presented. A prototype of the proposed antenna with a cross-sectional area of 10/spl times/10 mm and a length of 20 mm is implemented, and the antenna shows a wide operating bandwidth of about 10.9 GHz, making it easy to cover the UMTS band and the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands for mobile/WLAN dual-mode operation of a mobile phone.     

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．     

一款低不圆度WLAN 双频天线的设计与实现

提出了一种改进型的应用于无线局域网的双频印刷单极子天线。该天线可以覆盖IEEE 802. 11a/ b/ g (2. 4 ~2. 484GHz,5. 15 ~5. 825GHz)频段标准,其回波损耗小于10dB 的阻抗带宽在2. 4GHz 频段可达290MHz(2. 28 ~2. 57GHz),在5GHz 频段可达5. 53GHz(4. 34 ~9. 87GHz)。另外,在工作频带内,还获得了良好的全向辐射方向图 和天线增益。该天线的总体尺寸为22mm×44mm,结构紧凑, 且具有不圆度低、成本低和易于集成等优点, 因此具有 十分良好的应用潜质。     

Design of a wideband Y-shaped antenna for the application in IoT and 5G communication

A small wideband Y-shaped antenna is presented in this paper. A monopole of Y-shaped with two rectangular-shape frequency shifting strip is used to produce a compact dimension of 10 mm × 12 mm on a 1-mm-thick FR4 substrate. The antenna has an impedance bandwidth (measured below ?10 dB from 39.57 to 44.63 GHz), a gain more than 4.9 dB, radiation efficiency of 81%, and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) < 2, within the bandwidth of interest, making it a viable option for 5G applications. The use of a (01.7850 × 2.6775 × 00.02) mm³ metallic strip located above the feed line is also shown to efficiently increase the antenna bandwidth to values greater than 5 GHz without affecting the other antenna parameters. Additionally, the measured results in comparison with the simulated results reveal negligible changes, confirming that the proposed antenna is also suitable for the applications of 5G with Internet of Things.     

多频印刷单极子天线的设计

〗提出一种应用于2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN和2.5/3.5/5.5 GHz WiMAX共面波导印刷单极子天线。该天线结构紧凑,可以方便地植入无线通讯设备中,有较强的实用性。此天线由50 Ω的微带传输线通过共面波导馈电的方式对具有对称结构的蝶型贴片馈电。在设计中,通过开缝和添加倾斜微带条,使天线获得的阻抗带宽可以覆盖WLAN和WiMAX频段。天线的总体尺寸为30 mm×32 mm,其结构紧凑、便于集成和加工,适合无线通讯应用。     

基于电谐振器加载的5G多频段小型化准全向天线

提出了一种偏心馈电基于电谐振（electric-LC, ELC）结构加载的5G多频段小型化准全向天线,利用分支贴片实现了多频段. 通过缺陷地结构(defective ground structure, DGS)和梳状结构,调节天线的阻抗匹配,结合弯折结构和ELC结构,实现了良好的全向辐射特性. 测试了天线S参数、增益和方向图,结果表明:|S₁₁|≤ ?10 dB的阻抗带宽分别为0.82~0.94 GHz、1.76~3.63 GHz和4.80~4.90 GHz,覆盖了移动通信2G、3G、4G、5G等频段. 本文所提出的天线具有结构紧凑、频带宽、准全向辐射等特点,适用于移动通信终端设备.     

A Compact Semi-circular Slot MIMO Antenna with Enhanced Isolation for Sub-6 GHz 5G WLAN Applications

In this paper, a novel compact semi-circular slot (SCS) 2 × 2 MIMO antenna is presented for 5G NR sub-6 GHz applications with high isolation. The proposed antenna consists of a semi-circular slot in ground plane, U-shaped stub, and 50-ohm microstrip feed line. The novelty of this paper are the Semi-Circular Slot acts a radiator, the port isolation  is enhanced using a simple conductor strip as a neutralization line, very compact in size, low ECC, and good impedance matching. The overall size of the proposed SCS MIMO antenna is 16 mm x 21 mm, and FR4 substrate is used with thickness of 1.6 mm. The two SCS antenna elements are separated by edge-to-edge distance of 1mm (\(=0.019\lambda _{0}\)). The proposed compact MIMO antenna design is simulated using Ansys HFSS. To validate SCS MIMO antenna, a prototype was fabricated and tested. The measured results are attained at 5.5 GHz with isolation greater than 25dB, impedance bandwidth (S11\(<-10\) dB) covers from 5.10 GHz to 5.80 GHz with return loss of ? 39.5 dB. The MIMO antenna parameters, ECC, CCL, TARC, and MEG are studied, and the values are obtained within acceptable limits. The measured and simulated antenna results are almost similar. This compact MIMO antenna is suitable for 5G communications in sub-6 GHz wifi-5 band applications.

     

一种用于5G移动通信的毫米波大规模天线系统

毫米波大规模天线是目前5G研究中的热点技术之一,毫米波大规模天线可提供高增益波束和大带宽,能有效提升系统能量效率和容量.面向未来5G移动通信需求,提出一种基于数字-模拟混合波束形成架构的毫米波大规模天线设计方案.采取该方案,天线内部各单机功能界限清晰、接口明确,可极大提升天线系统的可测试性和可批量生产性.基于该设计方案...     

Design of Dual‐Band MIMO Antenna with High Isolation for WLAN Mobile Terminal

In this paper, we propose a dual‐band multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) antenna with high isolation for WLAN applications (2.45 GHz and 5.2 GHz). The proposed antenna is composed of a mobile communication terminal board, eight radiators, a coaxial feed line, and slots for isolation. The measured ?10 dB impedance bandwidths are 10.1% (2.35 GHz to 2.6 GHz) and 3.85% (5.1 GHz to 5.3 GHz) at each frequency band. The proposed four‐element MIMO antenna has an isolation of better than 35 dB at 2.45 GHz and 45 dB at 5.2 GHz between each element. The antenna gain is 3.2 dBi at 2.45 GHz and 4.2 dBi at 5.2 GHz.     

Novel Metamaterial Compact Planar MIMO Antenna Systems with Improved Isolation for WLAN Application

In this paper, two element multiple input–multiple output (MIMO) meander line antenna systems with improved isolation performance and compact size are proposed and fabricated in WLAN frequency band. To increase isolation among antenna elements, a novel metamaterial spiral S-shaped resonator is embedded between two radiating elements. The proposed resonator has planar configuration and miniaturized size and is capable of blocking electromagnetic propagation between antenna elements by exhibiting negative effective permeability in the desired frequency band. To illustrate and evaluate the design process, two design samples are fabricated and tested in WLAN frequency band and the agreement among measurement and simulation results approves the design method. In the frequency range of 2.38–2.48 GHz, some MIMO communication system requirements like total active reflection coefficient, envelope correlation coefficient and capacity loss are tested on design samples which show satisfactory results, so this method can be employed in designing array antennas for small mobile communication systems. The designed MIMO antenna systems separated by 13.8 mm (less than λ/9), has better than ??40 dB isolation coefficient and near zero correlation coefficient and capacity loss at the operating frequency (2.4 GHz).