Space domain analysis of micro-IDG structures

The microstrip loaded inset dielectric waveguide has been proposed as a transmission medium alternative to microstrip, and as a useful antenna medium at X-band and millimetric frequencies. In the present analysis we consider the case where a multi-layer, multi-conductor microstrip circuit may be housed within inset dielectric waveguide. A generalised transverse resonance diffraction method is developed in the space domain for analyzing such structures. Experimental and theoretical results for the propagation characteristics of the fundamental and first higher order mode of a few different configurations are presented showing good agreement     

Small broadband rectangular microstrip antenna with chip-resistorloading

Designs of a chip-resistor-loaded rectangular microstrip antenna fed using a probe feed or an inset microstrip-line feed are presented. These antenna designs have the advantages of small antenna size and wide antenna bandwidth, compared to a conventional rectangular microstrip antenna. Details of the experimental results are given     

Bandwidth enhancement of inset-microstrip-line-fedequilateral-triangular microstrip antenna

By embedding a pair of properly-bent narrow slots in an equilateral-triangular microstrip patch, broadband operation of microstrip antennas with an inset microstrip-line feed can be achieved. With the proposed antenna design, the impedance bandwidth can be as large as ~3.0 times that of a corresponding simple triangular microstrip antenna. Some simple design rules for the proposed antenna have also been determined experimentally. The design rules and experimental results are presented and discussed     

The dependence of the input impedance on feed position of probe andmicrostrip line-fed patch antennas

The impedance of a rectangular patch antenna fed by an inset microstrip transmission line was measured for various feed positions. The dependence found was then compared to theoretical predictions both for this geometry and for the similar case of an inset coaxial probe feed     

Design and Optimization of Dual Band Microstrip Antenna Using Particle Swarm Optimization Technique

Dual-frequency operation of antenna has become a necessity for many applications in recent wireless communication systems, such as GPS, GSM services each operating at two different frequency bands. A new technique to achieve dual band operation from different types of microstrip antennas is presented here. An evolutionary design process using a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm in conjunction with the method of moments (MoM) is employed effectively to obtain the geometric parameters of the antenna performance. In this article a PSO based on IE3D®? method is used to design dual band inset feed microstrip antenna. Maximum return loss is obtained at 2.4 GHz is ?43.95 dB and at 3.08 GHz is ?27.4 dB. Its bandwidth, of 33.54 MHz, ranges from 2.38355 GHz to 2.41709 GHz. Simulated and experimental results of the antenna are discussed.     

Feeding structure contribution to radiation by patch antennas withrectangular boundaries

A combination of piecewise sinusoidal-pulse functions and semi-infinite microstrip current expansion functions is used in the full-wave spectral-domain method to analyze microstrip antennas with arbitrary rectangular boundaries. Radiation properties are formulated in the spectral domain to achieve high numerical efficiency. Two types of microstrip antennas, edge-fed rectangular and inset fed patches, have been analyzed and measured. A line-reflect-line de-embedding algorithm has been implemented to measure the input impedance of both antennas. The results show good agreement between measurement and calculated data. The radiation patterns from the edge-fed rectangular patch are measured and are compared with the theoretical data. Results show that the current on the feed line can disturb the antenna radiation pattern     

A note on the impedance variation with feed position of a rectangular microstrip-patch antenna

The variation with feed position of the input impedance of a rectangular patch antenna is investigated theoretically. Two different feed types are examined: an inset microstrip line, and a coaxial probe. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique is used for the calculations. Numerical results are compared with published measurements and other theoretical models.     

毫米波锥面共形相控阵天线的仿真与优化*

以弹载共形相控阵雷达导引头天线为应用背景,在未考虑极化的情况下,首先推导了任意共形天线单元方向图从局部极坐标系到全局极坐标系转换的一种实用方法;然后采用凹槽加载的中心馈电方式设计了毫米波锥面共形微带天线单元,并建立锥面共形相控阵天线模型,推导了锥面共形天线阵列的导向矢量及其方向图函数;最后采用能量迭代法对15 阵元的锥面共形相控阵天线方向图进行了仿真优化,在副瓣电平约束和零点约束两种情况下,分别给出了相应最优加权矢量的求解方法,实现了对方向图波束指向、副瓣电平以及零点的控制。     

Feasibility study on beam-forming technique with 1-D mechanical beam steering antenna using niching genetic algorithm

Recently, mechanical beam steering microstrip patch array antenna was fabricated using MEMS technology, and its pattern measured by experiment. As one of its applications, the authors propose a new beam-forming method without phase shifters. Based on the radiation pattern of the element antenna, niching genetic algorithm adopting restricted competition selection (RCS) is used for the optimal synthesis of the desired radiation pattern. The proposed method successfully generates the desired beam pattern by controlling the current and angle of the element antenna.     

Mode completeness, normalization, and Green's function of the insetdielectric guide

The inset dielectric guide (IDG) is an easy-to-fabricate alternative to an image line that is also less sensitive to loss by radiation at unwanted discontinuities. The discrete spectrum of the IDG was recently analyzed by the transverse resonance diffraction (TRD) method. The characterization of the spectrum is completed to include the continuum. From a fundamental viewpoint the question of its orthonormalization is also addressed, and the Green's function of the guide, which is an essential prerequisite to the analysis of IDG components and IDG antenna feeds, is determined. An application to scattering by a dipole on the air-dielectric interface is given     

K波段高增益超材料微带天线的拓扑优化设计

超材料微带天线的设计通常依赖经验,其中超材料基元的设计多以尺寸优化和形状优化为主。研究了常规超材料对微带天线增益性能的影响,发现其对增益性能的提升效果有限。提出了一种基于遗传算法的高增益超材料微带天线拓扑优化设计方法,对超材料基元采用整体设计的方法,以天线增益最大化为设计目标,以覆铜贴片方格子的有无为设计变量,建立了K波段(24 GHz)超材料微带天线的拓扑优化模型。进而基于遗传算法的求解策略,获得了一种新颖的超材料微带天线构型。仿真结果表明优化后的超材料微带天线侧向辐射得以抑制,其最大增益提升到10.5 dB,与普通微带天线相比性能提升了35%。同时通过改变覆铜贴片格子的布置规模对优化设计结果的收敛性进行分析,分析结果显示创新构型超材料微带天线设计结果是收敛的,且10*10方格子规模下的创新构型制备性价比最高。最后研究了超材料基元单独设计与整体设计的天线工作频率匹配对比,对比结果证实了超材料基元采用整体设计对于超材料微带天线拓扑优化是非常必要的。     

一种新型小型化微带天线的全波分析

本文介绍了一种新颖的小型化微带天线.利用在贴片上面开一个C型缝隙,使得谐振频率明显降低,尺寸仅是传统的半波长微带天线的33%,阻抗带宽略有增加,并且加工相对简单.利用时域有限差分法(FDTD)对这种天线进行了较为全面的理论分析,给出了输入端反射损耗特性和辐射特性.同时给出了矩量法(MoM)分析结果和测量结果,具有较好的一致性.此种天线可应用于对天线尺寸有严格限制的场合.     

一种新型2.4GHz频段加载贴片天线的设计

采用在贴片上开槽和加载的方法,设计了一种用于2.4GHz频段无线通信设备、内缩渐变线馈电的新型结构贴片天线.给出仿真设计的性能和多个天线样品的实测输入驻波比曲线和远区辐射特性图,详细研究分析了不同加载条件、不同辐射边尺寸对输入驻波比的影响.实测结果表明,该天线在2.4GHz频段上获得超过15%的相对带宽(VSWR<2),而且尺寸比相应频段的微带贴片天线更加微型化.     

基于北斗卫星导航系统的一种圆极化微带天线

介绍一种用于北斗卫星导航系统的圆极化微带天线。该天线的主辐射器由开槽的圆形贴片构成,采用单点的同轴馈电,设计的中心工作频率为2．492GHz。仿真结果显示,调节圆形贴片中开槽的长度,可以分离出简并模,激励两个正交的模式,当两个分量相位为90deg,可以实现圆极化。实际测试中,｜S11｜于-10dB的阻抗带宽为0．09GHz,3dB轴比带宽为0．033GHz,与仿真结果基本吻合。     

Broadband circular microstrip antenna with embedded reactiveloading

A novel broadband design for a circular microstrip antenna with reactive loading integrated within the circular patch is proposed and studied. The reactive loading is provided by a microstrip structure of cascaded microstrip-line sections embedded inside a slot cut in the circular patch. The proposed broadband design has been implemented, and the experimental study shows that an antenna bandwidth ~3.2 times that of a conventional circular microstrip antenna can be obtained. Details of the proposed design are described, and experimental results of the antenna performance are presented and discussed     

Inset microstripline-fed circularly polarized microstrip antennas

Circular polarization (CP) designs of inset microstripline-fed microstrip antennas are proposed. Three designs with a single slit, two pairs of slits, and three pairs of slits are experimentally studied. Good CP performances of the proposed antennas are achieved. For the design with three pairs of slits studied here, the center CP frequency is also seen to be lowered by about 33% compared to the case without slits, which suggests that an antenna size reduction as large as 55% can be obtained if the proposed design is used in place of a conventional CP design at a fixed frequency.     

Aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna fed by nonradiating dielectric waveguide

Owing to its low loss property at millimetre-wave frequencies, the nonradiating dielectric (NRD) waveguide is very attractive for use as a feed network in planar arrays. The design, fabrication and testing of a microstrip patch antenna fed by NRD guide at X-band is described. Radiation patterns are measured and presented.<>     

电大尺寸微带天线的并行矩量法分析

为了能够有效地求解大规模微带天线阵列,首先对微带天线建立了以混和位积分方程（MPIE）描述的矩量法（MoM）分析模型,采用了离散复镜像技术,将Sommerfeld积分形式的格林函数并表达为简洁闭式。进而采用并行矩量法对大规模微带天线阵进行了求解,该方法可以有效地提高矩量法分析微带结构的规模,数值结果表明本文方法的准确性和有效性。     

一种提高微带MIMO 天线端口隔离度的新方法

多输入多输出(MIMO) 无线通信系统已经成为提高通信系统可靠性和数据传输速率的有效技术。MIMO 通信系统中,终端天线的性能对系统通信容量的提升至关重要。为了提高天线端口隔离度,提出了一种在微带天线辐射贴片上加载缝隙阵列实现天线极化分集,提高天线隔离度的方法,并且将这种方法应用于两个2 单元微带MIMO 天线设计中,取得了良好的效果。缝隙阵列加载不但抑制了微带MIMO 天线单元间的耦合,而且产生了更多谐振频点,改善了高频谐振频点畸变的天线辐射方向图,并且天线尺寸也得到了很大的减缩。最后对比分析了设计的两个微带MIMO 天线,实测结果与仿真计算比较可知,在工作带宽内,单元天线间耦合得到了非常有效的抑制。这种在平面天线辐射贴片加载缝隙阵列改变天线极化方向的技术可以很好地用来抑制多天线系统中单元天线间的耦合,而且对天线的其他性能不会造成影响。     

用于无线能量传输系统的微带天线设计

本文提出一种用于组成无线能量传输(Wireless Power Transmission,WPT)系统的微带天线结构,并采用基于有限元法的电磁仿真软件(HFSS)对微带天线进行3D建模.在二端口网络分析法的基础上,建立磁耦合共振无线能量传输等效电路模型,求解出系统发生频率分叉现象产生的条件以及最大效率时的频率表达式.基于以上方法,研究本文设计的微带天线传输特性,包括:系统的最优传输效率与耦合距离的关系,工作频率与耦合距离的关系,得出在能量传输距离在50cm左右时,天线的谐振频率为12.5MHz,效率可达63%.微带天线具有很大的结构优势,如与集成电路兼容,成本低,体积相对较小,且工艺相当成熟,易大规模批量生产等优势.因此该设计的平面微带天线可用于无线能量传输系统.