PCB Base Log-periodic Antenna for Mobile Communications

A log-periodic antenna can provide directivity and gain when operating in a wide band.The log-periodic antenna is used in many applications where wide bandwidth is required along with direct and medium gain.This research implements a sequential approach to the design and simulation of the performance of a printed log-periodic dipole antenna(LPDA)capable of operating in the 1800 MHz frequency range.The advantage of this antenna is the compactness and easy integration into planar circuits suitable for applications requiring wide bandwidth and high gain.The dimension of the designed antenna was originally calculated taking high frequency as 1885 MHz and low frequency as 1805 MHz,then modeled using HFSS-13 electromagnetic simulation to determine the effect of substrate dielectric properties on dipole width and length for element optimization.The design was verified by creating and measuring S11 and radiation diagrams.The designed antenna has a total gain of 7.9 dB and a wide bandwidth.

A NEW DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR PRINTED LOG-PERIODIC MONOPOLE ANTENNA

In theory, Log-Periodic Antenna (LPA) is a linearly polarized antenna with frequency independent properties on the input impedance and gain patterns. Owing to these characteristics, LPA has gained research interests and been employed for many wideband applications. A Printed Log-Periodic Dipole Antenna (PLPDA) with multiple notched bands is proposed for Ultra-WideBand (UWB) applications. An antenna with the notched frequencies of 1.03 GHz, 1.28 GHz, 1.72 GHz, 2.24 GHz and 2.51 GHz is designed, fabricated, and measured. An antenna model was established on the substrate of FR4 and feed by a stripline. The simulation results show that the antenna can achieve an impendence wide bandwidth from 0.89 to 2.58 GHz with return loss less than -10 dB and exhibit stable antenna gain. Furthermore, the measurement result is better consistent with simulation result.

Analysis of the radiation Resistance and Gain of Full-Wave Dipole Antenna for Different Feeding Design

This paper demonstrates the analysis of antenna pattern and gain for different designs of full-wave dipole antenna feeding techniques. Seven such techniques were studied and analyzed;symmetrical dual feeding in phase, symmetrical dual feeding out of phase, asymmetrical dual feeding in phase, asymmetrical dual feeding out of phase, symmetrical triple feeding in phase and symmetrical triple feeding out of phase. Symmetrical dual feeding in phase produced high gain as compared to the single and center-fed antennas. An improvement of about 3 to 3.5 dB was achieved comparing to center tap fed and off center fed. It was found that an asymmetrical dual feeding in-phase provides good performance, considering the directivity, pattern, and input impedance. A 2.46 dB gain has been attained. It was found that a symmetrical triple feeding provides an overall best performance with respect to gain, radiation pattern, beam width and input impedance.

An Experimental Study of the Printed-Circuit Elliptic Dipole Antenna with 1.5-16 GHz Bandwidth

Printed-circuit board (PCB) elliptic antennas with useful bandwidth exceeding 10:1 ratio are suitable for wideband radar, wireless ultra wideband (UWB) and other wireless communication applications. We present wideband PCB elliptic dipole antennas which are capable of achieving the bandwidth requirements for all the applications. A set of elliptic dipole antennas with varying eccentricities have been fabricated for demonstration. We find one specific size (specific eccentricity) dipole that can yield an impressive 1.5-16 bandwidth exceeding the currently available. A couple of elliptic dipole antennas suitable for UWB application have been presented. We have measured swept frequency response, impedance and radiation patterns of all dipoles. An empirical formula is given for calculating the starting resonant frequency within the operating band. The calculated values are found in good agreement with measured results.

A SIZE-REDUCED LOG PERIODIC DIPOLE ANTENNA

A rectangle capacity patch was adopted as the resonance unit of the Log Periodic Dipole Antenna (LPDA) so as to realize the miniaturization of this aerial in this paper. Fifteen rectangle capacity patch units of different parameters were analyzed in this paper and three design laws of size-reduction were found. Accord-ing to these design laws, a 70% miniaturization ratio LPDA was designed and fabricated. The Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) and pattern of the fabricated LPDA were measured. The results indicate that this size-reduction method do not deteriorate performance.

Wideband dipole antenna with inter-digital capacitor

A dipole antenna with wideband characteristics is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a dipole with periodic capacitive loading and a pair of coplanar striplines （CPSs） as an impedance transformer. By adding interlaced coupling lines at each section, periodic capacitive loading is realized. The periodic interlaced coupling lines divide each arm of the dipole into five sections, and currents are distributed on different sections at different frequencies, which is useful to achieve a wide impedance bandwidth. By parametric study using HFSS, the optimized parameters of this dipole antenna are obtained. In order to validate the simulation results, a prototype of the proposed dipole antenna is fabricated and tested. The results show that the proposed antenna can achieve a gain of 3.1 dB–5.1 dB and bandwidth of 51% for ｜S 11 ｜ 10 dB over the band of 3.9 GHz–6.6 GHz, indicating its good radiation performance and radiation efficiency.

Novel Balun Structure for Dipole Antenna

A novel balun structure for dipole antenna,which is based on the current distribution on parallel microstrip lines and the emission cancellation characteristic of close equal and opposite currents,is proposed.The principle of the balun structure is first elaborated and verified.Then,a dipole antenna with resonance at 2.45 GHz is constructed using the balun and its radiation pattern is measured.The simulated and measured reflection coefficients(S_(11))of the antenna are in good agreement 2—3 GHz.The relative bandwidth with an S_(11) of below-10 dB is more than 25%.The antenna also shows a good radiation pattern at 2.45 GHz.The proposed structure can provide a new balun design method for dipole antennas.

DIRECTIVITY OPTIMIZATION OF CURVED SURFACE DIPOLE ANTENNAS

Based on the calculation of the characteristic parameters by moment method, the curved surface dipoles are optimized by an optimization method, the maximum directivities of some V-curved and Gauss-curved surface dipoles are given.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ANNULAR PHASED ARRAY OF DIPOLE ANTENNAS USING THE FD-TD METHOD

The problem for calculating near fields of EM radiation systems by using the finitedifference time domain(FD-TD)method are discussed and the annular phased array of dipoleantennas has been simulated numerically by use of the FD-TD method.For a test run thenear field and current distribution of the single dipole antenna are calculated.The near fieldsof the annular phased array of dipole antennas in central region filled with deionized water arecomputed and the interaction of near fields with an anatomically-based inhomogeneous model ofhuman torso is considered as well.

Design of a Magneto-Electric Dipole Element for Mobile Communication Base Station Antennas

The magneto-electric dipole antenna is a kind of complementary antenna composed of a planar electric dipole and a shorted patch antenna. It has excellent electrical characteristics including wide impedance bandwidth, low cross-polarization, low back lobe radiation, nearly identical E-plane and H-plane patterns, stable radiation pattern, and steady antenna gain over the operating frequency range. In this paper, the basic characteristics of a linearly polarized magneto-electric dipole antenna are reviewed, and a dual-polarized antenna element based on the magneto-electric dipole is presented. The design of a conical beam wideband antenna with horizontal polarization is also described. These antennas have practical applications in modern 2G, 3G, LTE, WiFi, and WiMax wireless communication systems.

RESEARCH ON INPUT IMPEDANCE OF DIPOLE ANTENNA IN GTEM CELL

The formula of input impedance of dipole antenna in Gigahertz Transverse ElectroM agnetic(GTEM) cell based on the dyadic Green's function is first obtained in this paper. The validation of the formula is verified by the results of theoretical derivation and simulation with well agreements. In comparison with the formula of input impedance in free space, the relationship between the change of input impedance with the length of antenna and the position of antenna in GTEM cell is obtained. In addition, some meaningful conclusions are presented, which not only can be referred by the further research of ElectroM agnetic Interference(EMI) measurements in GTEM cell, but also provide the theoretical basis for testing compensation and error analysis.

Fabrication of THz Dipole Antenna Using Lift-off Method

The microfabrication technique for THz dipole antenna,"lift-off" was studied in this paper.Its procedure has been examined in detail,and discreetly tweaked.Particularly,Chlorobenzene is suggested to assist the formation of undercut indispensible for fulfilling "lift-off".The experimental results of fabricated antennas confirm the effectiveness of this method.

Ultra-Wideband Log Periodic Dipole Antenna (LPDA) for Wireless Communication Applications

This paper proposes a printed log-periodic dipole antenna (LPDA) for ultra wide bandwidth (UWB) applications. The antenna comprises of cascading four U shaped elements of different line lengths with balun circuit to improve the antenna impedance matching. The proposed antenna dimensions are 50 × 50 mm2 with FR4 substrate thickness 0.8 mm. Full-wave EM solver HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) is used for modeling the proposed antenna. The pulse distortion is verified by the measured the proposed antenna performance with virtually steady group delay. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed antenna exhibits good impedance matching, stable radiation patterns throughout the whole operating frequency bands, acceptable gain and stable group delay over the entire operating band. An UWB extended from 1.85 GHz to 11 GHz is obtained, and the average antenna gain is about 5.5 dBi over the operating band with peak gain around 6.5 dBi and 70% average radiation efficiency.

Reconfigurable Microstrip Double-Dipole Antennas for Personal Wireless Communications

In this paper, a number of reconfigurable antennas are designed to support multiband and wideband wireless applications in different frequency bands in the range between 1 GHz and 6 GHz. The proposed designs consist of microstrip-fed two dipoles through simplified balun. By controlling the lengths of the dipoles by connecting or disconnecting slots, we are able to change the antenna operating frequency as well as the operation mode. Two modes are supported by all of the proposed antennas: Multiband and Broadband modes.

Resonance properties of THz plasmonic dipole-bowtie antenna array: The critical role of the substrate

Subwavelength arrays of dipole-bowtie antennas are designed and characterized using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy（THz-TDS） and finite element method（FEM） simulations. Two different substrates, silicon and mylar with an order of magnitude difference between their thickness values are used to study the resonance properties of the antennas.The 640-μm thick silicon substrate supports a sharper fundamental mode resonance. We discover that higher-order Fabry–Perot resonances can be excited only in 24-μm thin mylar substrates and show much higher sensitivity to dielectric changes in the environment and the geometrical parameters of the antennas than the fundamental dipole resonance.

L波段全向天线研究与设计

在实际应用中,有时需要全向天线在水平面以上覆盖较广的空域,针对这一需求,文章提出了两种工作在L频段的波束上翘的全向天线。其中一种为使用同轴转平行双线结构进行馈电的串联印刷偶极子天线,且加入反射板保证波束上翘,实测结果表明该天线在工作频段内,电压驻波比(voltage stanting wave ratio,VSWR)小于1.5,水平面增益大于2dBi,俯仰角0°~70°(定义水平方向为0°)增益大于-7dBi,不圆度小于2dB。另一种为双锥天线,使用上下锥体不对称结构保证波束上翘,同时引入固定套环保证天线的稳定性。实测结果表明该天线在工作频段内,VSWR小于2,俯仰角0°~20°增益大于1dBi,俯仰角0°~70°增益大于-7dBi,不圆度小于2.5dB。该天线结构稳定,性能优良,可应用于车载通信或其他通信场景中。

面向2G~5G通信的双频双极化基站天线设计

为满足多种通信制式融合的无线通信需求,提出一款覆盖2G、3G、LTE、Sub-6 GHz波段的交叉偶极子基站天线。2对呈±45°正交的偶极子用以实现天线的双极化特性,辐射单元中的扇形内环、钻石状的外环分别对应天线要实现的低频以及高频波段,可以通过对内环以及外环结构参数的调整实现对2个频段的独立控制。天线上方的寄生贴片用以优化天线阻抗匹配。通过制作实物,测得天线在2个频段分别具有49.9%(1.70~2.80 GHz)和19.2%(3.20~3.88 GHz)的相对带宽,隔离度整体优于20 dB,主视轴的交叉极化比优于21 dB,2个波段的半功率波束宽分别为66°±5°、78°±6°。与已有研究比较,该天线结构简单,在交叉极化和增益方面具有显著优势。

双极天线战术运用中的误区分析

双极天线由于成本低廉,架设方便,在机动通信领域应用广泛。然而,在实际使用过程中,对双极天线的认知存在一定误区。文中从双极天线的方向函数理论基础出发,通过仿真软件绘制出垂直平面和水平平面的方向图,结合双极天线在不同方向上的特性,探讨了双极天线在实际运用过程中常见的几个认知误区。

一种低剖面低RCS磁电偶极子天线阵列的设计

设计了一种低剖面宽带低RCS磁电偶极子阵列。从辐射散射联合特性的角度研究天线单元的谐振特性,构造出具有相同辐射性能、对交叉极化来波反射相位接近反相的两种不同单元。在主极化方向采用同一单元和SIW差分馈电构造宽带匹配的子阵,带内良好匹配实现对主极化波的低散射;再通过将子阵镜像布阵实现对于交叉极化来波的散射相消,从而有效缩减天线RCS。该天线工作频带为26.77~34.35 GHz(24.8%),峰值增益为17.7 dBi。与采用同一类型单元的参考阵列对比,所提磁电偶极子阵列在22.5~34.5 GHz范围实现了-10 dB交叉极化RCS缩减,并且辐射频带内没有明显的增益损失。