Band notched UWB circular monopole antenna with inductance enhanced modified mushroom EBG structures

Circular monopole antenna for ultra-wide band applications with notch band transition from WLAN to WiMAX is presented. The proposed antenna rejects WiMAX band (3.3–3.8 GHz). Antennas utilises modified mushroom-type electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures to achieve band-notched designs. The proposed inductance enhanced modified EBG structures are 34 % compact than the conventional mushroom EBG structures. The band notched antenna designs using EBG structures have advantages like notch-frequency tuning, antenna design independent approach and omnidirectional radiation pattern. The step wise effect of inductance enhancement and tuning of notch from WLAN band (5–6 GHz) to WiMAX band is shown. Effect of variation of EBG structure parameters on which notched frequency depends is investigated. The proposed antenna has been fabricated on low cost FR4 substrate with overall dimensions as (42 × 50 × 1.6) mm³. Measured results are in good agreement with simulated ones.     

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).     

A slot resonators based quintuple band-notched Y-shaped planar monopole ultra-wideband antenna

A Y-shaped ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna containing modified ground plane with five stop bands is presented. An inverted U-shaped slot and a C-shaped slot are placed on Y-shaped radiating patch to achieve two notched bands while three pairs of C-shaped slots are placed at different positions on modified ground plane to achieve three more notched bands. The proposed antenna is designed, fabricated and experimentally tested. The designed Y-shaped antenna has overall dimensions of 36 × 38 × 1.6 mm³ (0.34λ_l × 0.36 λ_l × 0.016 λ_l) and has impedance bandwidth 2.86–13.3 GHz at |S₁₁| < −10 dB level. Measured band notches are achieved at 3.75/5.43/7.87/8.62/9.87 GHz centre notched frequencies to eliminate worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) band (3.45–4.0 GHz), wireless local area network (WLAN) band (5.15–5.90 GHz), X-band for satellite communication (6.77–8.00 GHz), ITU-8 band (8.3–9.1 GHz), and radio navigation (RN) band (9.3–10.6 GHz), respectively. Variation of slot parameter on individual band notch is also investigated. Omnidirectional radiation pattern for XZ-plane and dipole-like radiation pattern for YZ-plane are observed. Stable gain, variation of phase response in linear fashion and group delay <1.3 ns for whole ultra-wideband except at band notches is achieved.     

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.     

Design of a Compact Hexagonal Monopole Antenna for Ultra—Wideband Applications

This paper presents two design compact hexagonal monopole antennas for ultra-wideband applications. The two antennas are fed by a single microstrip line . The Zeland IE3D version 12 is employed for analysis at the frequency band of 4 to 14 GHz which has approved as a commercial UWB band. The experimental and simulation results exhibit good agreement together for antenna 1. The proposed antenna1 is able to achieve an impedance bandwidth about 111%. The proposed antenna2 is able to achieve an impedance bandwidth about (31.58%) for lower frequency and (62.54%) for upper frequency bandwidth. A simulated frequency notched band ranging from 6.05 GHz to 7.33 GHz and a measured frequency notched band ranging from 6.22 GHz to 8.99 GHz are achieved and gives one narrow band of axial ratio (1.43%). The proposed antennas can be used in wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) communications.     

Compact Circularly Polarized Antenna with a Capacitive Feed for GPS/GLONASS Applications

This letter presents a novel compact circularly polarized patch antenna for Global Positioning System/Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS/GLONASS) applications. The proposed antenna is composed of a simple square radiating patch fed by a capacitive dual‐feeder to increase the impedance bandwidth and a lumped element hybrid coupler to achieve the broadband characteristic of the axial ratio (AR). The realized antenna dimensions are 28 mm × 28 mm × 4 mm, which is the most compact size among the dual‐band GPS/GLONASS antennas reported to date. The measured results demonstrate that the proposed antenna has a gain of 2.5 dBi to 4.2 dBi and an AR of 0.41 dB to 1.51 dB over the GPS/GLONASS L1 band (1.575 GHz to 1.61 GHz).     

Dual Band-Notched Small Monopole Antenna with Enhanced Bandwidth for UWB Applications

This article proposes a novel printed monopole antenna for ultra wideband applications with dual band-notch function. The antenna consists of a disc-shaped radiating patch with a pair of folded strips arms, and a ground plane with a two L-shaped conductor backed plane, which provides a wide usable fractional bandwidth of more than 140 % (2.6–14.43 GHz). In order to generate single band-notch characteristics, we use a modified disc-shaped radiating patch with a pair of folded strips arms also by using this modified radiating patch, additional resonance is excited and hence much wider impedance bandwidth can be produced, especially at the higher band. By adding two L-shaped conductor backed plane in the ground plane a dual band notch function is achieved. The measured results reveal that the presented dual band-notch monopole antenna offers a very wide bandwidth with two notched bands, covering all the 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN, 3.5/5.5 GHz WiMAX and 4 GHz C bands. The designed antenna has a small size of $12\times 18\,\hbox {mm}^{2}$ .     

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.     

Design of an Internal Antenna with Near‐Omnidirectional H‐Plane Radiation Pattern over Ultra‐wide Bandwidth

In this paper, an ultra‐wideband internal antenna for use in mobile applications is proposed. The proposed antenna has symmetrical bi‐arm structures printed on the top and bottom of the substrate, and it occupies a compact area of 10 mm × 10 mm × 1 mm. The designed antenna has an impedance bandwidth from 3 GHz to 12 GHz and near omnidirectional radiation patterns over the frequency band of interest. The group delay between two antennas fabricated using the proposed design is less than 0.8 ns, and the maximum gain variation is about 3.16 dB.     

Fractal based ultra-wideband antenna development for wireless personal area communication applications

This paper presents a bandwidth enhanced, compact planar ultra-wideband antenna design for wireless personal area communication (WPAN) applications. The proposed antenna has fractal based geometry and is constructed using several iterations of a pentagon slot inside a circular metallic structure. The partial ground plane of the basic radiator is tapered, defected and a U slit is etched out from the microstrip feed to improve the −10 dB |S11| bandwidth. The proposed fractal based antenna has an impedance bandwidth from 2.9 GHz to 15 GHz with low profile configuration and is fabricated on FR4 substrate with dimensions of 32 mm × 32 mm × 1.6 mm. To authenticate the designed prototype, the antenna is fabricated and tested for impedance and radiation characteristics. The designed antenna has stable radiation characteristics in the operating band. Furthermore, the antenna is validated for its applicability in WPAN, by calculating fidelity factor through time domain analysis along with the transmission coefficient and group delay measurements.     

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.     

Compact CPW-Fed ultrawideband MIMO antenna using hexagonal ring monopole antenna elements

In this paper, a compact coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultra-wide band (UWB) multi input multi output (MIMO) antenna is proposed. The antenna consists of two antiparallel hexagonal ring monopole elements. Circular arcs shaped grounded stubs are used to enhance the isolation, both the arcs are connected through stub to make common ground. Tapering of the slots of CPW feed line at feed point, and grounded slots are introduced for impedance matching over UWB. The proposed antenna is fabricated and impedance bandwidth, isolation, radiation pattern, and gain are measured. Moreover, envelop correlation coefficient (ECC) results are given. Proposed antenna structure operates in the frequency range 3–12 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 120% keeping isolation better than 15 dB. The antenna has a compact size of 45 × 25 mm².     

Compact Planar Monopole Antenna with Dual Band Notched Characteristics Using T-Shaped Stub and Rectangular Mushroom Type Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure for UWB and Bluetooth Applications

In this paper, an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with dual band-notched characteristics is proposed. The proposed antenna also covers ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical)/Bluetooth band. The antenna consists of a microstrip fed truncated U-shaped patch, T-shaped stub, rectangular mushroom type electromagnetic band gap structures (EBG), and partial ground plane. To mitigate the problem of interference due to standard narrow bands (like wireless interoperability microwave access (WiMAX) and wireless local area network (WLAN)) lie in the range of UWB, dual band notched characteristics is introduced. The WiMAX and WLAN band notched characteristics are realized by introducing a T-shaped stub and rectangular mushroom type EBG structures, respectively. The proposed antenna is printed on a 1.6 mm thick FR4 substrate with relative permittivity \((\upvarepsilon _{\mathrm{r}})\) 4.4 and the size of actual antenna is \(36 \times 40\hbox { mm}^{2}\) . The measured results shows that the proposed antenna attains a wide impedance bandwidth \((\hbox {VSWR} \le 2)\) from 2.35 to 11.6 GHz with dual band notched characteristics from 3.29 to 3.9 GHz and 5.1 to 5.85 GHz with stable radiation patterns. The time domain behaviors of the proposed antenna is also analyzed for pulse handling capability.     

A compact semi-open wideband SIW horn antenna for K/Ku band applications

In this paper, a new slotted compact semi-open substrate integrated waveguide horn antenna is presented. The proposed antenna comprises three different sections namely; feeding, matching, and radiation sections. The feeding and radiation sections are matched within 13.6–25 GHz using an appropriate embedded slotted feeding structure. Also, best efforts have been made to achieve a more compact antenna in comparison with previous works. The experimental measurements of the fabricated antenna are in good agreement with simulation results. The fabricated antenna occupies 34 × 28 × 3.175 mm³ (2.1 λ₀ × 1.93 λ₀ × 0.19 λ₀) where λ₀ is the free space wavelength at 19.3 GHz. The proposed antenna provides a gain of 8.3–12.13 dBi together with 59% relative impedance bandwidth.     

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.

     

一种具有三阻带特性的超宽带天线的设计与研究*

提出了一种紧凑型共面波导馈电的具有三阻带特性的超宽带天线。所设计天线的基本几何结构由共面波导(CPW)馈电线、菱形辐射贴片和矩形宽缝隙组成。通过在辐射贴片上刻蚀一个U型槽,以及在共面波导的接地面上增加两对L型的寄生旁枝结构来实现天线的三陷波特性。天线尺寸为32mm×32mm×0.508mm。仿真和实验结果表明,该天线在2.6~11.5GHz的频段内电压驻波比小于2,在3.15~3.80GHz、5.20~5.80GHz和8.2~8.7GHz三个频段内具有陷波特性,分别有效阻隔了Wi MAX系统、WLAN系统和ITU 8GHz频段信号对于超宽带(UWB)系统的干扰。在除三个阻带频段外的其余UWB工作频段范围内,具有良好的辐射方向特性和稳定的增益。仿真结果和实验结果表现出良好的一致性。     

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.

     

Design and realization of low profile dual-wideband monopole antenna incorporating a novel ohm (Ω) shaped DMS and semi-circular DGS for wireless applications

In this paper, a compact microstrip line fed dual-wideband printed monopole antenna (PMA) for wireless communication applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of an asymmetric rectangular patch via a microstrip-fed line, an ohm (Ω) shaped DMS loaded at the rectangular patch, and dual semi-circular shaped DGS embedded in the partial rectangular ground plane. The combination of an ohm shaped DMS and two semi-circular DGS is used to broaden the bandwidth of the two bands and improve the return loss for the desired antenna. The measured 10 dB bandwidth for return loss are achieved to be 21.52% (3.40–4.22 GHz) and 47.32% (5–8.1 GHz) in the lower and upper band, respectively which covers the bandwidth requirements of 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN and 3.5/5.5 GHz Wi-MAX application bands. Furthermore, the proposed antenna has a very simple planar structure and occupies a small area of only 621 mm² (23 mm × 27 mm). The proposed antenna has a desirable VSWR level, radiation pattern, radiation efficiency and gain characteristics which are suitable for wireless communication applications.