Driven by the great demand for highly integrated wireless system-on-chip and system-in-package devices,there has recently been increas-ing interest in the research and development of differential antennas.Many studies...Driven by the great demand for highly integrated wireless system-on-chip and system-in-package devices,there has recently been increas-ing interest in the research and development of differential antennas.Many studies on the design,analysis,and measurement of differential antennas have been published.This paper presents an overview of the fundamentals and applications of differential antennas.First,it compares differential to bal-anced and single-ended to unbalanced antennas and explains why the new terms(differential and single-ended antennas)should be adopted instead of the old terms(balanced and unbalanced antennas).Second,it addresses the quantitative relationship between a differential antenna and its single-ended counterpart,which is important and useful because the properties of either the differential or single-ended antenna can be determined from the other with a known solution.Third,it describes how differential antennas can be measured,with a special emphasis on the balun method.Fourth,it classifies dif-ferential antennas into wire,slot,microstrip,printed,and dielectric resonator antennas to better present their suitability and functionality.Fifth,it pro-vides application examples of differential antennas from simple discrete wire to sophisticated microstrip designs.Finally,it is argued that the old paradigms of lower gains and bulkier sizes of differential antennas as compared to single-ended antennas do not always hold true;for instance,differen-tial microstrip patch antennas can possess comparable or even smaller sizes and higher gain values than single-ended microstrip patch antennas.展开更多
A novel differential quasi-Yagi antenna is first presented and compared with a normal single-ended counterpart.The simulated and measured results show that the differential quasi-Yagi antenna outperforms the conventio...A novel differential quasi-Yagi antenna is first presented and compared with a normal single-ended counterpart.The simulated and measured results show that the differential quasi-Yagi antenna outperforms the conventional single-ended one.The differential quasi-Yagi antenna is then used as an element for linear arrays.A study of the coupling mechanism between the two differential and the two singleended quasi-Yagi antennas is conducted,which reveals that the TE0 mode is the dominant mode,and the driver is the decisive part to account for the mutual coupling.Next,the effects of four decoupling structures are respectively evaluated between the two differential quasi-Yagi antennas.Finally,the arrays with simple but effective decoupling structures are fabricated and measured.The measured results demonstrate that the simple slit or air-hole decoupling structure can reduce the coupling level from−18 dB to−25 dB and meanwhile maintain the impedance matching and radiation patterns of the array over the broad bandwidth.The differential quasi-Yagi antenna should be a promising antenna candidate for many applications.展开更多
文摘Driven by the great demand for highly integrated wireless system-on-chip and system-in-package devices,there has recently been increas-ing interest in the research and development of differential antennas.Many studies on the design,analysis,and measurement of differential antennas have been published.This paper presents an overview of the fundamentals and applications of differential antennas.First,it compares differential to bal-anced and single-ended to unbalanced antennas and explains why the new terms(differential and single-ended antennas)should be adopted instead of the old terms(balanced and unbalanced antennas).Second,it addresses the quantitative relationship between a differential antenna and its single-ended counterpart,which is important and useful because the properties of either the differential or single-ended antenna can be determined from the other with a known solution.Third,it describes how differential antennas can be measured,with a special emphasis on the balun method.Fourth,it classifies dif-ferential antennas into wire,slot,microstrip,printed,and dielectric resonator antennas to better present their suitability and functionality.Fifth,it pro-vides application examples of differential antennas from simple discrete wire to sophisticated microstrip designs.Finally,it is argued that the old paradigms of lower gains and bulkier sizes of differential antennas as compared to single-ended antennas do not always hold true;for instance,differen-tial microstrip patch antennas can possess comparable or even smaller sizes and higher gain values than single-ended microstrip patch antennas.
文摘A novel differential quasi-Yagi antenna is first presented and compared with a normal single-ended counterpart.The simulated and measured results show that the differential quasi-Yagi antenna outperforms the conventional single-ended one.The differential quasi-Yagi antenna is then used as an element for linear arrays.A study of the coupling mechanism between the two differential and the two singleended quasi-Yagi antennas is conducted,which reveals that the TE0 mode is the dominant mode,and the driver is the decisive part to account for the mutual coupling.Next,the effects of four decoupling structures are respectively evaluated between the two differential quasi-Yagi antennas.Finally,the arrays with simple but effective decoupling structures are fabricated and measured.The measured results demonstrate that the simple slit or air-hole decoupling structure can reduce the coupling level from−18 dB to−25 dB and meanwhile maintain the impedance matching and radiation patterns of the array over the broad bandwidth.The differential quasi-Yagi antenna should be a promising antenna candidate for many applications.
