Super-wide impedance bandwidth planar antenna for microwave and millimeter-wave applications

Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad; Virdee, Bal S.; See, Chan H.; Abd-Alhameed, Raed; Falcone Lanas, Francisco; Limiti, Ernesto

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Super-wide impedance bandwidth planar antenna for microwave and millimeter-wave applications

dc.contributor.author	Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad
dc.contributor.author	Virdee, Bal S.
dc.contributor.author	See, Chan H.
dc.contributor.author	Abd-Alhameed, Raed
dc.contributor.author	Falcone Lanas, Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Limiti, Ernesto
dc.contributor.department	Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-25T13:16:04Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-25T13:16:04Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	A feasibility study of a novel configuration for a super-wide impedance planar antenna is presented based on a 2 × 2 microstrip patch antenna (MPA) using CST Microwave Studio. The antenna comprises a symmetrical arrangement of four-square patches that are interconnected to each other with cross-shaped high impedance microstrip lines. The antenna array is excited through a single feedline connected to one of the patches. The proposed antenna array configuration overcomes the main drawback of conventional MPA with a narrow bandwidth that is typically <5%. The antenna exhibits a super-wide frequency bandwidth from 20 GHz to 120 GHz for S11 < -15 dB, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 142.85%. The antenna's performance of bandwidth, impedance match, and radiation gain were enhanced by etching slots on the patches. With the inclusion of the slot, the maximum radiation gain and efficiency of the MPA increased to 15.11 dBi and 85.79% at 80 GHz, which showed an improvement of 2.58 dBi and 12.54%, respectively. The dimension of each patch antenna was 4.3 × 5.3 mm2. The results showed that the proposed MPA is useful for various existing and emerging communication systems such as ultra-wideband (UWB) communications, RFID systems, massive multiple-output multiple-input (MIMO) for 5G, and radar systems.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was partially supported by the Innovation Program under grant agreement H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 SECRET-722424 and financial support from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grant EP/E022936/1.	en
dc.format.extent	9 p.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/s19102306
dc.identifier.issn	1424-8220
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/35460
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	MDPI	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Sensors, 2019, 19, 2306	en
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/European Commission/Horizon 2020 Framework Programme/722424	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102306
dc.rights	© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.	en
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Array antenna	en
dc.subject	Microstrip patch antenna (MPA)	en
dc.subject	Slot antenna	en
dc.subject	Simplified composite right/left-handed metamaterial (SCRLH MTM)	en
dc.subject	Multiple-output multiple-input (MIMO)	en
dc.subject	Radar	en
dc.subject	Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems	en
dc.subject	Millimeter-wave band	en
dc.title	Super-wide impedance bandwidth planar antenna for microwave and millimeter-wave applications	en
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