Super Compact UWB Monopole Antenna for Small IoT Devices

This article introduces a novel, ultrawideband (UWB) planar monopole antenna printed on Roger RT/5880 substrate in a compact size for small Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The total electrical dimensions of the proposed compact UWB antenna are 0.19 λ_o × 0.215 λ_o × 0.0196 λ_o with the overall physical sizes of 15 mm × 17 mm × 1.548 mm at the lower resonance frequency of 3.8 GHz. The planar monopole antenna is fed through the linearly tapered microstrip line on a partially structured ground plane to achieve optimum impedance matching for UWB operation. The proposed compact UWB antenna has an operation bandwidth of 9.53 GHz from 3.026 GHz up to 12.556 GHz at −10 dB return loss with a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of about 122%. The numerically computed and experimentally measured results agree well in between. A detailed time-domain analysis is additionally accomplished to verify the radiation efficiency of the proposed antenna design for the ultra-wideband signal propagation. The fabricated prototype of a compact UWB antenna exhibits an omnidirectional radiation pattern with the low peak measured gain required of 2.55 dBi at 10 GHz and promising radiation efficiency of 90%. The proposed compact planar antenna has technical potential to be utilized in UWB and IoT applications.     

Wideband bandpass filtering branch‐line balun with high‐isolation

The wideband bandpass filtering branch‐line balun with high isolation is presented in this paper. The proposed balun can be designed for wideband performances by choosing a proper characteristics impedance of input vertical transmission line and odd‐mode impedance of parallel‐coupled lines. The proposed balun was designed at a center frequency (f₀) of 3.5 GHz for validation. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulations. The measured power divisions are ?3.31 dB and ?3.24 dB at f₀ and ?3 ± 0.17 dB within the bandwidth of 0.95 GHz (3 GHz to 3.95 GHz). The input return loss of 24.09 is measured at f₀ and higher than 20 dB over the same bandwidth. Moreover, the measured output losses are better than 11 dB within a wide bandwidth. The isolation between output ports is 20.32 dB at f₀ and higher than 13.2 dB for a broad bandwidth from 1 GHz to 10 GHz. The phase difference and magnitude imbalance between two output ports are 180° ± 4.5° and ± 0.95 dB, respectively, for the bandwidth of 0.95 GHz.     

Dual‐passband bandpass‐filtering power divider using half‐mode substrate integrated waveguide resonator with high frequency selectivity

In this paper, a half‐mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) power divider with bandpass response and good frequency selectivity is proposed. The proposed power divider includes input/output microstrip lines, four HMSIW resonators, cross‐coupling circuits, and an isolation resistor. The dual‐band bandpass‐filtering response is obtained by using the dual‐mode slotted HMSIW. To get good frequency selectivity, the input/output cross‐coupling circuits have been used, and several transmission zeros can be observed. A dual‐band filtering‐response HMSIW power divider is designed, fabricated and measured. The total size of the fabricated power divider is 0.58λg × 0.45λg. The measured results show a reasonable agreement with the simulated ones. The measured central operating frequencies of the dual‐band HMSIW power divider are at 2.43 and 3.50 GHz, respectively. The measured 3‐dB fractional bandwidth is about 13.3% and 6.3% in the two passbands, and the measured output isolation is about 20 dB.     

A triple‐layer dual‐bandpass frequency selective surface of third order response with equivalent circuit analysis

A multilayered cascaded and polarization‐dependent frequency selective surface (FSS) exhibiting dual bandpass frequency response is proposed in this article. The FSS is composed of two metal‐based square patch layers in the two ends and one aperture type layer in the middle, separated by two dielectric substrates. The FSS exhibits bandpass response of third order with two transmission poles in the 5‐6 GHz band and one pole at 2.5 GHz. The passbands are separated well enough with a transmission zero at 3.5 GHz leading to significant out‐of‐band rejection. The structure is ultrathin with the thickness on the order of 0.01λ₀ with respect to the lowest resonating frequency. It is shown with parametric studies how the poles can be tuned individually. Principle of operation of the FSS is explained with its equivalent circuit model. Transmission phase of the FSS varies linearly with frequency in the upper band. Simulation result is verified experimentally for the fabricated prototype.     

一种采集手臂肌电信号的神经接口设计方法

在人机交互的智能控制中,对人体肌电信号的采集成为了人机交互中的重要环节,本文设计了一种16路通道肌电信号采集和滤波电路,并通过DSP28335实现对肌电信号的采集、处理以及与上位机通讯,够任意的给定采样频率和通信速率,以满足不同的实验或设备的要求。实验结果表明,所设计的肌电信号神经接口装置稳定性较好,抗干扰能力强,能够有效的采集手臂肌电信号,保留其动作特征,满足肌电信号手势神经解码的要求。     

G.fast数字用户线路阻抗不匹配信道模型研究

基于数字信号传播理论中的反射原理,采用反射系数刻画线路阻抗不匹配程度,利用线路阻抗匹配时测量得到的信道数据（直接信道、远端串扰信道和近端串扰信道）,建立了一个G.fast数字用户线路阻抗不匹配时信道数学模型.当线路终端处于断开时,利用该模型生成的信道数据与实际测量的信道数据基本吻合,证明了该模型的正确性.由于采用反射系数刻画线路阻抗不匹配程度,该信道模型可仿真终端设备在不同阻抗值的情况下对通信系统信噪比的影响,从而提出线路终端设备阻抗最大允许的变化范围,为终端设备制造商在阻抗设计时提供一定的理论指导.     

一种基于SIR结构的三通带带通滤波器

应用双指耦合结构和枝节加载谐振器（Stub-loaded Resonator,SLR）实现了一款基于阶梯阻抗谐振器（Stepped Impedance Resonator,SIR）的滤波器。该滤波器具有3个通带,带外抑制较好,工作频段提高。通过调整阻抗比可调节第二、三通带的谐振频率;SLR结构能够增加通带数量;SLR结构和双指耦合结构均能改善滤波器的S参数。HFSS软件仿真表明,3个通带的中心频率分别为3.5 GHz、6.6 GHz、9.2 GHz,对应的分数带宽分别为5.7%、3%、2%,S11分别为-18 dB、-22 dB、-24 dB,通带内的S21分别为-1.8 dB、-1 dB、-1 dB。电路的测量结果与仿真结果较为吻合。该滤波器在5G通信的低频段具有应用前景。     

基于枝节加载环形谐振器的双频带滤波器

该文提出了一种新型的非对称枝节加载环形谐振器,并研究了该谐振器的性质。基于提出的谐振器设计了一款双频带通滤波器,并进行了测试。测试结果表明:滤波器的两个通带的中心频率分别为2.38 GHz和5.19 GHz,带宽分别约为140 MHz和90 MHz,带内插损分别小于1.7 dB和2.2 dB,回波损耗分别大于15 dB和12 dB。4个传输零点按频率由低到高分别为1.78 GHz,3.34 GHz,4.98 GHz和5.96 GHz,这些零点极大地提高了滤波器的选择性。     

介质加载超宽带四脊喇叭馈源

针对四脊喇叭馈源在高频区域照射效率急剧下降,进而导致馈源工作带宽受限的问题,文中提出了一种介质加载超宽带四脊喇叭馈源。研究表明:四脊喇叭中央加载的介质棒能够起到稳定四脊喇叭高频区相心位置和展宽高频区波束宽度的作用,从而将原四脊喇叭馈源的工作带宽从5 个倍频程扩展到10 个倍频程。该馈源反射系数低于-10 dB,用于照射焦径比为0. 36 的10 m 反射面天线,整个频带内天线口面效率高于50%。     

超宽带高增益八木天线

八木天线实现超宽带和高增益的关键分别是展宽馈源带宽、增加引向器数量或提高馈源增益。基于上述思路,采用U 形管折合振子馈源、管内塞入同轴电缆变换段,在两管中间增加一个平行寄生导体片;将引向器增加至20个并优化它们的直径、长度和间距;最后,在馈源振子和反射板之间增加一根导体反射器。运用上述创新方法,八木天线实现了超宽带工作,带宽达到46.3%(1.36-2.18 GHz,VSWR￡2.0),增益高达17.16 dBi,前后比大于17 dB,效率大于90%, 性能显著提升,将使八木天线应用领域进一步扩展。