宽带圆极化阵列天线设计

提出了一种应用于S波段小型宽带圆极化微带贴片天线阵列。单点背馈式方形贴片印刷于Duroid5880介质板上,在贴片上加载两个相邻矩形缝隙,一方面实现圆极化辐射,另一方面拓展天线单元的阻抗带宽。利用该单元组阵,通过采用连续相位旋转法馈电天线单元拓展天线阵列的轴比带宽,仿真结果表明,线阵和面阵的阻抗和轴比带宽均达到10%以上。     

一种新型宽带圆极化天线研究与设计

论文提出了一种新型宽带圆极化天线,成本低廉,结构简单,性能优异.此天线基板采用普通FR4板材,其辐射体由方形地、钩形分枝及倒L形分枝三部分组成,并由50Ω微带阻抗传输线进行馈电.天线尺寸为55×55mm2,工作在1.75GHz～2.9GHz.频段.天线的10dB回波损耗相对带宽和3dB轴比(AR)相对带宽分别为49％(1.75GHz～2.9GHz)和50％(1.8GHz～3GHz),其良好的圆极化和阻抗性能可以在相关的无线通信系统中得到很好地应用.     

一种紧凑型宽频带圆极化射频识别天线设计

针对现有圆极化天线难以同时满足宽频带和小型化应用需求的问题,面向全球超高频射频识别(RFID)读写应用,采用新型功分移相馈电网络、旋转短路辐射贴片和耦合贴片、馈电探针和短路探针,设计了一种紧凑型宽频带圆极化射频识别天线。测试结果表明,该天线回波损耗大于15dB的相对带宽为59%,轴比小于3dB的相对带宽为34%,在全球超高频RFID频段范围内,天线辐射增益大于2.7dBi,辐射方向十分对称和稳定,其半功率波束宽度大于101°,适用于宽角度范围读写;与现有圆极化天线的性能指标和结构相比,该天线的工作频段不仅能够覆盖全球超高频RFID频段,而且结构紧凑,有利于RFID系统的低成本设计和实施。     

多频段圆极化微带天线的设计

设计了一款应用于导航卫星系统的多频段圆极化微带天线。天线采用复合左右手传输线移相器作为馈电网络,展宽阻抗带宽并且实现了良好的右旋圆极化辐射。该天线工作在导航卫星系统GPS、BDS-2和GLONASS工作波段。采用Ansoft HFSS 13.0软件仿真,仿真结果表明该天线能够满足导航卫星信号的要求。该天线具有结构紧凑、频带宽、体积小、易于加工等特点。     

基于缝隙耦合的微带天线设计

能够同时适用于射频识别、全球微波无线互联网和无线局域网这几大主流物联网通信技术标准的宽频天线的设计要求越来越高,比如体积小、成本低等,而微带天线体积小、剖面低且可集成化程度高,适合大批量生产,但其频带较窄,使用范围受到限制。为此,提出了一种紧凑型宽频带微带贴片天线。该天线引入了L型缝隙和三角形缝隙,仿真结果表明,天线-10 dB阻抗带宽可达到100%,其工作频带为1. 5 GHz～4. 3 GHz;轴比带宽为3. 4 GHz～3. 8 GHz,圆极化带宽为11%;在该范围内的增益都在3 dB以上;整个工作频带范围内都实现了宽频带、高增益等特性,适用于射频识别、蓝牙、WLAN等频段。     

单层超宽带微带贴片天线的设计与分析

该文提出了一种新颖超宽带微带天线。该天线由微带宽槽天线的基本结构变形而来,其结构由矩形馈电微带贴片与矩形宽槽孔贴片组成。矩形宽槽孔开在金属GND板上,而矩形馈电贴片在介质板的另一面并在矩形宽槽孔框内偏下方。贴片与馈电线对接处采用渐变结构来达到阻抗匹配。以矩形宽槽尺寸为主构成了低频段的等效谐振电长度,而馈电贴片尺寸构成了高频段的等效谐振电长度。在各自的谐振频区上,矩形宽槽与馈电微带贴片两者相互耦合,构成两谐振电长度的天线叠合组成为一共面天线,从而拓展了天线的带宽。该文运用HFSS仿真软件,根据设定尺寸进行了仿真设计,制备了两只不同频段的样品天线。仿真结果和实验结果基本一致,表明该原理设计出的天线可实现超宽带特性。     

一种卫星导航终端多频圆极化微带天线的设计

设计了一种覆盖北斗一代发射L频段、接收S频段、北斗二代B1频段和GPS的L1频段多频圆极化微带天线。天线采用叠层结构来实现多频段的覆盖,各频段采用单点馈电的方式,利用辐射贴片切角实现天线的圆极化特性。天线进行了仿真设计、实物制作、指标测试和功能测试,结果表明,该天线工作带宽、圆极化特性和增益均满足卫星导航终端天线的指标要求,能够应用于北斗/GPS卫星导航终端。     

面向5G高隔离度4单元MIMO手机天线设计

设计了一个4单元高隔离度手机天线,由4个辐射单元组成,辐射单元分别位于天线的4个角落。对天线辐射单元进行分析测试,测量天线辐射单元工作频段为3.43 GHz～3.86 GHz,覆盖5G移动通信测试频段。MIMO天线工作频段在端口回波损耗小于-10 dB阻抗带宽条件下,工作频段为3.45 GHz～3.64 GHz;在端口回波损耗小于-6 dB阻抗带宽条件下,天线工作频段为3.23 GHz～3.96 GHz。新设计的圆形开槽结构能减少天线和电子元器件耦合,并且天线具有良好的全向性和辐射特性。MIMO天线在3.2 GHz～4 GHz频率内,天线辐射效率为65%～73.4%。仿真表明,脑部辐射SAR(Specific Absorption Rate)参数小于1.6 W/kg,天线对人体影响较低。     

北斗宽波束“U”型槽双频微带天线的设计

基于北斗导航系统的实际通信需求,要求接收天线具有多频带、宽波束、小型化等特点,为此选定设计一款矩形贴片微带天线。结合微带天线的双频圆极化理论,采用同轴线的馈电方法,设计了一款在贴片上开“U”型槽的双频微带天线,使微带天线可以同时工作在北斗B2频段（1210±10MHz）和B3频段（1268±10MHz）,实现了微带天线的双频化,而且减小了天线尺寸。通过HFSS对该天线进行了仿真和参数优化,结果表明,天线回波损耗S11小于-20dB;天线增益大于3dB;双频内的轴比小于6dB;具有较宽的波束,较好的圆极化性能,较小的尺寸,可达到设计要求;而且,电路的设计方法简单,制作工艺简单,可为实际的应用提供参考。     

一种频率可重构圆极化微带天线的设计

提出了一种新型频率可重构圆极化微带贴片天线的设计。采用一种方环形贴片结构,在贴片对称缝隙中添加4个RF MEMS开关,通过调节开关的通断来实现对天线频率的可重构。同时天线采用4馈点馈电来实现右旋圆极化波,并利用仿真软件HFSS 13.0对天线特性进行了仿真验证。仿真结果表明,在开关断开时,天线可接收GPS L1、GLONASS L1和BDS B1信号,在开关闭合时,天线可接收BDS B3信号,且天线的回波损耗和轴比都能满足要求。     

Compact triband circularly polarized planar slot antenna loaded with split ring resonators

In this article, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed triband circularly polarized (CP) planar slot antenna loaded with split ring resonators (SRRs) is presented. The truncated slot antenna resonates at 4.15 GHz, which gives two orthogonal degenerate modes to produce circular polarization at the first band. The second and third band resonances are achieved at 4.77 GHz and 5.1 GHz respectively due to the loading of SRRs on the slot antenna. The electric fields produced by the single and multiple split gaps in each ring of SRR1 and SRR2 produce CP at the second and third band. All three bands are tuned independently to achieve optimized axial ratio bandwidth. The antenna is fabricated and verified experimentally. The measured results give impedance bandwidth of 64.54% and axial ratio bandwidths of 11.76%, 1.9%, and 3.87% at first, second, and third band, respectively.     

A wideband circularly polarized slot antenna with antipodal strips for WLAN and C‐band applications

A single‐fed circularly polarized square shaped wide slot antenna with modified ground plane and microstrip feed has been presented. The field in the slot is perturbed by introducing an antipodal strips section attached with a microstrip line to produce circular polarization in a wide band of frequencies. The antipodal strip section consists of a group of four strips of unequal length and separation. The presence of asymmetric perturbations in the slot is mainly responsible for exciting two orthogonal modes in the slot having equal magnitude and 90° phase difference which results in circular polarization. A wide bandwidth of 3.3 GHz (4.4 GHz‐7.7 GHz) has been achieved for an axial ratio value AR < 3 dB with the minimum axial ratio value being 0.3 dB. The impedance bandwidth for |S₁₁| < ?10 dB ranges from 4.3 GHz to 8 GHz, and therefore covers most of the C‐band communication systems. The antenna exhibits stable radiation patterns throughout the circular polarization bandwidth with a gain around 6 dBi in entire operational bandwidth. A prototype of antenna was fabricated and measured. The antenna has a planar size 0.40λ₀ × 0.40λ₀ and thickness of 0.02λ₀ where λ₀ is the wavelength in free space at the lowest frequency. With its compact size and low profile, the antenna is a favorable choice for WLAN (5.15‐5.85 GHz) and a wide variety of C‐band wireless applications.     

Novel dual‐band asymmetric U‐shaped slot antenna for dual‐circular polarization

A novel dual‐band, dual‐circularly polarized antenna is proposed and fabricated. The proposed antenna consists of an asymmetric U‐shaped slot and an inverted L‐shaped slot which are designed to excite two orthogonal E vectors with equal amplitude and 90° phase difference (PD), in addition, fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) Furthermore, a left‐hand circular polarization in the direction of z > 0 and a right‐hand circular polarization instead of the opposite direction both at the lower and upper bands are exhibited by the radiations of the antenna. Good agreement is achieved between the measurement and simulation, which indicates that a 10‐dB bandwidth of 38.75% from 2.56 to 3.8 GHz and 21.8% from 10.01 to 12.53 GHz, while a 3‐dB axial‐ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 13.4% from 2.77 to 3.2 GHz and 9.23% from 10.25 to 11.25 GHz at two operation bands, respectively, are covered in the designed antenna. To explain the mechanism of dual‐band dual‐circular polarization, the analysis of magnetic fields distributions and a parametric study of the design are given. Meanwhile, compared to other recent works, a single layer structure, wider axial ratio and impedance bandwidths and a more compact size are the key features of the proposed antenna.     

Wideband asymmetric microstrip‐fed circularly polarized antenna with monofilar spiral stub for WLAN application

A wideband circularly polarized printed antenna is proposed and fabricated, which employs monofilar spiral stubs and a slit in the asymmetrical ground plane which are fed by an inverted L‐shaped microstrip feedline. The CP operation is realized by embedding an inverted‐L shaped strip and modified ground plane and can be markedly improved by loading monofilar spiral stubs asymmetrically connected at the edge of the ground plane. After optimization, the measured results of the finally structure demonstrate that a 10‐dB bandwidth of 67.6% from 4.6 to 9.3 GHz and a 3‐dB axial‐ratio bandwidth (ARBW) for circular polarization (CP) of 60.1% from 5 to 9.3 GHz could be achieved which could completely cover the WLAN (5.725‐5.85 GHz) band. Therefore, the proposed antenna is suitable for circular polarization applications in C band. To explain the mechanism of broadband circular polarization operation, the analysis of magnetic fields distributions and a parametric study of the design are given. Compared to other recent works, a simpler structure, wider axial ratio and impedance bandwidths and a more compact size are the key features of the proposed antenna.     

A miniaturized circularly polarized implantable RFID antenna for biomedical applications

A miniaturized circularly polarized implantable antenna operating at ultrahigh frequency band (902‐928 MHz) for radio frequency identification biomedical monitoring is first presented and experimentally validated in this article. The proposed antenna features a compact volume with a dimension of π × (6)² × 1.27 mm³ by employing an extended ring with meandered lines for size reduction. Moreover, adjusting the length of symmetrical meandered lines can introduce two orthogonal modes, which makes for good performance of circular polarization. Superb impedance matching between the chip and tag antenna is well implemented by applying a modified T‐match stub. In the simulation, the antenna achieves a ?10‐dB impedance bandwidth of 42 MHz (902‐944 MHz) and 3‐dB axial‐ratio bandwidth is 53 MHz (892‐945 MHz). Finally, the specific absorption rate is also calculated for human safety and the measured reading range reaches the maximum distance of about 87 cm.     

Wideband and low profile polarization conversion meatasurface‐based circularly polarized slot antenna

The purpose of this study is to investigate the application of a polarization conversion meatasurface for constructing a low profile, wideband circularly polarized slot antenna, which consists of a new Polarization conversion metasurface (PCM)‐based square‐corner‐cut artificial magnetic conductor cell structure and a feeding slot antenna. PCM possesses two frequency points of polarization rotation (PR), produced by appropriately adjusting width between the two triangular metallic patches. A 39.3% (4.7‐7 GHz) of big PR band was realized through the combination of two neighboring PR frequency points. The impedance bandwidth of PCM based patch antenna was measured to be 43.5% (4.5‐7 GHz), with 17.2% (5.3‐6.3 GHz) of 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth and 0.045λ₀ of profile. It also generated 7.3 dBic of high broadside gain in operational bandwidth.     

Eccentric annular slot patch antenna with frequency agility for UHF RFID reader applications

The design of a simple ultrahigh frequency RFID (radio frequency identification) reader antenna that can operate within the North America RFID band (902–928 MHz) is studied. To generate circular polarization (CP) radiation in this band, a novel method of loading two narrow open‐ended slots (slits) into an eccentric annular slot patch is proposed. To allow optimum impedance matching with enhanced CP bandwidth, the radiating patch is loaded to an L‐shaped ground plane. From the experimental results, the proposed antenna can yield an impedance bandwidth (10‐dB return loss) between 650 MHz to 1125 MHz, while good CP bandwidth (3‐dB axial ratio, AR) from 901 MHz to 930 MHz is also attained. Furthermore, gain level and efficiency of more than 7.8 dBic and 90%, respectively, were also measured. By simply removing one of the slits, this proposed antenna can also be modified to operate within the China (840–846 MHz) and European (865–868 MHz) RFID band.     

CPW‐fed C‐shaped slot antenna for broadband circularly polarized radiation

A novel broadband circularly polarized (CP) C‐shaped slot antenna fed by a coplanar waveguide is presented. The broadband CP operation can be achieved simply using a C‐shaped slot in the ground to produce orthogonal surface currents for left‐hand circular polarization. Using the semicircle‐shaped radiator patch, wide impedance bandwidth and broad axial‐ratio (AR) bandwidth can be obtained simultaneously. The measured results show that the proposed antenna can provide a 10‐dB impedance bandwidth of 105% from 2.78 to 8.92 GHz, and a 3‐dB AR bandwidth of 70.4% from 2.9 to 6.05 GHz. Finally, an antenna prototype with a reflector for unidirectional pattern applications is also developed. The proposed antenna has broader impedance and CP bandwidths but with a more compact size compared with the previous designs. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 25:739–746, 2015.     

A wideband compact antenna with quad‐circular polarized bands in its operating regions

This article presents the design of an offset CPW‐fed slot antenna which exhibits a narrow impedance bandwidth (IBW; |S₁₁| ≤ ?10 dB) extending from 1.20 GHz to 1.45 GHz and another wide impedance bandwidth from 1.86 GHz to 8.4 GHz thus covering almost all the conventional operating frequencies. The antenna is loaded with semicircular and rectangular stubs and meandered microstrip lines to realize circular polarization at 1.35 GHz, 3.3 GHz, 4.9 GHz, and 7.5 GHz with axial ratio bandwidth (axial ratio ≤ 3 dB) of 19.25% (1.2‐1.46 GHz), 4.24% (3.24‐3.38 GHz), 4.1%(4.8‐5 GHz), and 5.2% (7.3‐7.69 GHz) respectively thus covering the GPS, WiMAX, WLAN, and X‐band downlink satellite communication application bands. The mechanism of generation of CP is discussed using vector analysis of surface current density distribution. The gain is fairly constant in the wide IBW region with maximum fluctuation of 1.2 dB. The structure is compact with an overall layout area of 0.27λ × 0.27λ, where λ is the free‐space wavelength corresponding to the lowest circular polarized (CP) frequency. A comparison of the proposed antenna with previously reported structures is performed with respect to impedance bandwidth, compactness, number of CP bands, LHCP to RHCP isolation and gain to comprehend the novelty of the proposed design. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and the measured results are in accord with the simulated results.     

Compact microstrip‐via‐fed wideband circularly polarized antenna with monofilar spiral stub for C‐band applications

A wideband circularly polarized printed antenna is proposed and fabricated, which employs monofilar spiral stubs and a slit in the asymmetrical ground plane which is fed by an asymmetrical microstrip feedline using a via. The CP operation is realized by embedding an inverted‐L shaped strip and a modified ground plane and can be markedly improved by loading monofilar spiral stubs connected to the asymmetric feedline by means of a via. A parametric study of the key parameters is made and the mechanism for circular polarization is described. After optimization, the impedance bandwidth is approximately 3.6 GHz (4.4‐8 GHz) and the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth is approximately 3.3 GHz (4.7‐8 GHz), which represent fractional bandwidths of approximately 58.1% and 52%, respectively. Therefore, the proposed antenna is suitable for circular polarization applications in C (4‐8 GHz) band. Compared with other recent works, the simpler structure, wider axial ratio, impedance bandwidths, and more compact size are the key features of the proposed antenna.