Dual band-notched ultra-wideband microstrip antenna using asymmetrical spurlines

A simple and novel ultra-wideband microstrip-fed antenna with dual band-notched characteristic is presented. By etching a pair of asymmetrical spurlines on the feedline, two notched bands of 600 MHz (3.95? 4.55 GHz) and 650 MHz (5.35?6.0 GHz) are achieved. Measured results show that this antenna operates from 2.5 to 12.0 GHz for voltage standing wave ratio less than 2, except two frequency notched bands of 3.95?4.55 GHz and 5.35?6.0 GHz. Moreover, this antenna has good omnidirectional radiation patterns in the H-plane.     

一种小型化宽带双频贴片天线的设计

提出了一种基于U 形槽贴片天线设计的小型化宽带双频天线。采用基于有限元的商用软件对天线的电气特性进 行仿真和设计,制作了实验模型并进行测试,测试结果同仿真结果相吻合。结果表明,天线在824MHz~960MHz 频段和 1710MHz ~2170MHz 频段上的反射损耗均小于-10dB,相对带宽分别达到15%和24%,并且其尺寸远小于普通贴片天线。 所设计的天线可以作宽带双频天线应用于无线通信系统中。     

Miniaturization of Dual‐Band PIFA for Wireless LAN Communication

In this letter, a simple method for reducing the size of a dual‐band planar inverted‐F antenna (PIFA) is described. This method is based on a coupling capacitor connected in parallel to the PIFA feed conductor. The proposed antenna occupies a small ground clearance of 10 mm×5 mm and is able to provide ?10‐dB impedance bandwidths of 120 MHz and 760 MHz for 2.45‐GHz and 5.5‐GHz wireless local area network applications, respectively. The measured antenna efficiencies are 71.8% and 73.6%, averaged over the 2.45‐GHz and 5.5‐GHz frequency bands, respectively.     

Hepta-Band Internal Antenna for Personal Communication Handsets

Modern personal communication handsets are shrinking in size and are required to operate at multiple frequency bands for enhanced functionality and performance. This poses an important challenge for antenna designers to build multiband antennas within the limited allowable space. In this paper, an internal antenna covering seven frequency bands is presented for personal communication handsets. The proposed antenna operates at GSM (880-960 MHz), DCS (1710-1880 MHz), PCS (1880-1990 MHz), UMTS (1900-2170 MHz), WiBro (2300-2390 MHz), Bluetooth (2.4-2.48 GHz), and WLAN (5.0-5.5 GHz) frequency bands. Measured input return loss of the antenna is better than dB at all the frequency bands with reasonable radiation performance. Antenna volume is 30 mm times15 mm times 4.0 mm (1.8 cm) that makes it attractive for modern multiband and multifunctional slim handsets.     

一种具有双缝隙结构的双频宽带MIMO天线

设计一种双频宽带多输入多输出(MIMO)天线。天线采用微带线耦合馈电,在天线的表面开有圆环形缝隙,把宽缝隙和窄缝隙结合到一起,因此在辐射体上同时存在2种缝隙结构;天线采用双面结构,带宽范围为1.7~2.33 GHz和3.2~3.9 GHz,2个频带的带宽分别为630 MHz和700 MHz,可用于移动通信的DCS(1 710~1 880 MHz)、PCS(1 850~1 990 MHz)、UMTS(1 920~2 170 MHz)以及WIMAX(3.3~3.6 GHz)。天线在低频段的最大增益为3.6 dB,在高频段的最大增益为5.1 dB,隔离度在-20 dB以下,符合MIMO天线的设计需求。     

CPW-fed wideband planar monopole antenna for operations in DCS, PCS, 3G, and Bluetooth bands

A novel CPW-fed wideband planar monopole antenna with a symmetrically slope ground plane is proposed. By choosing the suitable slope angle of this symmetrically slope ground plane, wideband operation can be obtained. From the experimental results, the operating mode has an impedance bandwidth of about 1162 MHz (1700-2862 MHz) that covers the DCS band (1710-1880 MHz), PCS band (1850-1990 MHz), 3G band (1920-2170 MHz), and Bluetooth band (2400-2483 MHz). The proposed antenna within these operating bands has similar monopole-like radiation patterns. It is suitable for application to wireless communication systems with its relatively low profile.     

一种小型化双频天线的设计与分析

提出了一种小型化宽频带双频天线的设计。该天线由一个E形微带贴片和一个偶极子天线组合而成,产生高低2个频率,且低频段带宽可控。仿真的-10dB阻抗带宽分别为83MHz(2.4～2.485GHz)和812MHz(5.1～5.912GHz)。能够覆盖IEEE802.11b/g(2.4～2.483GHz)和IEEE802.11a(5.15～5.825GHz)工作频段,并对仿真结果进行了分析。同时给出的设计双频段宽带小型化天线的方法,可以对高低2个频段分开设计,对工程实践有一定的指导意义。     

手持终端波束成形天线阵列的优化设计

设计了一款适用于移动手持终端的低剖面波束成形天线阵列。该天线阵列由八个结构相同的倒F天线组成,可以工作在GSM1900(1880~1920 MHz)、LTE2300(2300~2400 MHz)和LTE2500(2540~2620 MHz)三个频段。通过功率传输效率最大化理论,可以优化出该阵列在所需方向上的最佳激励。通过馈电电路板给8个天线单元提供优化的激励,可以将天线波束偏转到所需方向,并且保证天线在该方向上获得最大可能增益。天线阵列工作在2.45 GHz时,在x、y、z方向上的增益分别为7.80、6.03和7.20 dBi;相应地,在1.9 GHz时分别为6.67、5.27和6.05 dBi。     

Triple-frequency planar monopole antenna for side-feed communication device on GSM/DCS/PCS operation

A novel side-feed planar monopole antenna capable of triple-frequency operation at about 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz is presented. The planar monopole antenna occupies a small area of 6/spl times/31 mm, and is easily made using thin copper. The planar monopole antenna can be side-fed and mounted perpendicularly to the main circuit board of a communication device so that it offers a novel design with a free degree of feed point so as to save device space, resulting in a low profile to the system ground plane. In addition, the obtained impedance bandwidths of the proposed antenna at about 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz can cover the GSM (890-960 MHz), DCS (1710-1880 MHz) and PCS (1850-1990 MHz) bands.     

频率方向图复合可重构寄生单极子天线阵列

提出了一种能应用于无线通讯系统的新型介质支撑开关寄生阵列天线.基于八木天线原理,天线可以实现频率及方向图的复合可重构.所引入的开关用来切换不同状态的工作频率并实现方向图的扫描.地支结构用来改善天线的阻抗匹配并展宽频带.测量结果表明:天线阵列可以在保证回波损耗小于-10 dB的情况下完全覆盖1710～1880 MHz、1...     

Wideband CPW-fed slot antenna for DCS, PCS, 3G and Bluetooth bands

A novel CPW-fed wide planar slot antenna with an asymmetrical slot is proposed. The asymmetrical slot is square-like with the same widths but different lengths at the sides. By choosing suitable lengths of this asymmetrical slot, broadband operation can be obtained. From experimental results, the measured impedance bandwidth, defined by 10 dB return loss, can reach an operating bandwidth of 2136 MHz with the centre frequency operating at 2610 MHz for applications to various wireless bands. In addition, the measured radiation patterns within this wide impedance bandwidth have the same polarisation planes and similar radiation characteristics. Each antenna gain within the application bands can be less than 1 dB     

Dual-band bidirectional high gain antenna for WLAN 2.4/5.8 GHz applications

Adual-band bidirectional high gain dipole array antenna forWLAN(2.4/ 5.8 GHz) applications is proposed and analysed. The array antenna is composed of four elements. Each element is a double-sided printed dipole which is fed with a balanced twin transmission line. Measured results agree very well with simulation results. According to the measured results, the bandwidth with a VSWR less than two is about 400 and 1100 MHz in the two bands, respectively. Good shaped patterns are also achieved. The measured gains for the 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands are between 4.8?6 and 6?8.8 dBi, respectively.     

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.     

A New Compact Microstrip-Fed Dual-Band Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications

A novel compact microstrip fed dual-band coplanar antenna for wireless local area network is presented. The antenna comprises of a rectangular center strip and two lateral strips printed on a dielectric substrate and excited using a 50 Omega microstrip transmission line. The antenna generates two separate resonant modes to cover 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands. Lower resonant mode of the antenna has an impedance bandwidth (2:1 VSWR) of 330 MHz (2190-2520 MHz), which easily covers the required bandwidth of the 2.4 GHz WLAN, and the upper resonant mode has a bandwidth of 1.23 GHz (4849-6070 MHz), covering 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands. The proposed antenna occupy an area of 217 mm² when printed on FR4 substrate (epsiv_r=4.7). A rigorous experimental study has been conducted to confirm the characteristics of the antenna. Design equations for the proposed antenna are also developed     

A Novel Dual-Band Printed Diversity Antenna for Mobile Terminals

A novel dual-band printed diversity antenna is proposed and studied. The antenna, which consists of two back-to- back monopoles with symmetric configuration, is printed on a printed circuit board. The effects of some important parameters of the proposed antenna are deeply studied and the design methodology is given. A prototype of the proposed antenna operating at UMTS (1920-2170 MHz) and 2.4-GHz WLAN (2400-2484 MHz) bands is provided to demonstrate the usability of the methodology in dual-band diversity antenna for mobile terminals. In the above two bands, the isolations of the prototype are larger than 13 dB and 16 dB, respectively. The measured radiation patterns of the two monopoles in general cover complementary space regions. The diversity performance is also evaluated by calculating the envelope correlation coefficient, the mean effective gains of the antenna elements and the diversity gain. It is proved that the proposed antenna can provide spatial and pattern diversity to combat multipath fading.     

双频带巴伦馈电的宽带双频印刷偶极子设计

研究一种巴伦馈电双频印刷偶极子天线。为了使印刷偶极子天线工作在WLAN 频段,H 形状的缝隙开在偶极子两个臂上。优化无巴伦馈电的辐射单元,使得天线在回波损耗小于-10 dB 的情况下工作在2.4 GHz (2180-2750 MHz)和5.2 GHz (5040-5480 MHz)。为了展宽带宽,本文设计了一种改进的Marchand 巴伦,它能提供两个谐振点以增加阻抗带宽。通过优化辐射单元和双频带巴伦,设计了工作在2150-2750 MHz 和5050-6230 MHz 的印刷偶极子天线。设计公式在文章中已经给出,计算和测试结果吻合得很好。     

一种新型三频PIFA天线设计

针对天线的多频问题,提出一种新型的三频段平面倒F天线(PIFA天线),该结构采用在辐射贴片上开U形槽和∏形槽来实现。通过HFSS13.0对天线模型进行仿真分析,使得天线最终工作于GSM(890～960 MHz)、DCS(1 710～1 880 MHz)和ISM2 400 MHz(2 400～2 484 MHz)3个频段。仿真结果表明,3个频段的相对带宽分别为10%、6%和11%,能满足通信要求。此外,天线整体辐射性能良好,且结构简单。     

Dual-band twin stepped-patch monopole antenna for WLAN application

By using twin stepped-patch radiators and a protruded ground, a micro-strip-fed monopole antenna with wide dual-band operation can be obtained. The proposed antenna with an overall size of 32 times 25 mm can excite resonances at the 2.61 and 5.52 GHz bands with impedance bandwidths of 710 MHz (2.32-3.03 GHz) and 1.56 GHz (4.77-6.33 GHz), average antenna gains of 2.9 and 3.5 dBi, respectively, and also monopole-like radiation patterns. These properties make the antenna suitable for 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN applications.     

一种UHF频段宽带电子标签天线的设计分析

针对射频识别系统UHF频段的欧洲标准866~869 MHz和美国标准902~928 MHz,以及中国标准840~845 MHz和920~925 MHz,设计并制作了一种电磁耦合馈电结构的标签天线,其结构简单且便于调整匹配阻抗,带宽较宽且具有双频谐振特性,能同时适用于以上几种RFID标准。通过仿真和实测分析关键物理参数对天线特性的影响,结果表明该天线性能较佳且实用。     

CPW-fed circular slot antenna with slit back-patch for 2.4/5 GHz dual-band operation

A circular slot antenna fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) is proposed for dual-band operations. Dual frequency bands that cover the 2.4 GHz (2400-2484 MHz) and 5 GHz (5150-5825 MHz) bands were obtained by embedding a pair of slits in the circular back-patch that is printed on the backside of the substrate and concentric with the circular slot. This design resulted in broadside far-field patterns with low cross-polarisation levels in both frequency bands and a small antenna size of 40/spl times/40 mm with the ground plane regarded as part of the antenna structure.