Broadband antenna array with low cost PCB substrate for 5G millimeter wave applications

Zhai, Wenyao; Miraftab, V.; Repeta, Morris

doi:10.1109/gsmm.2015.7175436

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“…The superstrate layer is employed above the antenna array-2 to increase the antenna gain and efficiency as shown in Figure 1d. An inexpensive Rogers RO4350B material is used as a superstrate layer with a thickness of 1.524 mm, dielectric constant of 3.66, and loss tangent of 0.004 due to its property of low metallic losses at the MMW band [32,33]. The air gap between the superstrate layer and the antenna is usually taken to be about a half wavelength.…”

Section: Array-2 With Superstratementioning

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Wideband patch array antenna using superstrate configuration for future 5G applications

Farhat¹,

Arshad²,

Amin³

et al. 2020

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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In this work, four distinct antenna configurations for future-centric 5G applications are proposed. Initially, a single rectangular patch is designed to operate at the frequency of 28 GHz while maintaining a wide operational band. Performance of the antenna is improved by incorporating an array of identical rectangular elements resulting in a higher gain and wider bandwidth. The proposed arrangement consists of three rectangular elements realized using 0.508-mmthick Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 laminate. The bandwidth is further enhanced by increasing the number of radiating elements in the array from three to five. Evolution of the proposed design is concluded by stacking the superstrate layer above the five-element array structure, thereby improving the gain associated with the proposed configuration. The antenna covers the frequency band from 25.1 GHz to 30.5 GHz under consideration for 5G communications. The proposed antenna occupies a physical footprint of 3.5 × 3.5 cm 2. Performance of the presented antenna configurations is analyzed using different electromagnetic descriptors including bandwidth, reflection coefficient, gain, radiation patterns, and radiation efficiency obtained using Computer Simulation Technology Microwave Studio (CST MWS) software. The measured results, obtained after fabrication and testing, demonstrate good overall agreement with the simulated outcome. The formulated design is a prime candidate for deployment in 5G applications of the future.

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Section: Array-2 With Superstratementioning

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Wideband patch array antenna using superstrate configuration for future 5G applications

Farhat¹,

Arshad²,

Amin³

et al. 2020

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

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“…While microstrip antennas have been the subject of many intensive works for decades [20][21][22][23][24], they have been considered in some research efforts reported in the past few years on antenna design aspect of the newly emerging mmW wireless communications [19,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Antennas in [19] and [25][26][27][28] are mainly designed to operate in one of the target frequency bands, as listed in Table 1.…”

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“…This array provided a bandwidth of 5 GHz and a maximum gain of 16 dBi, but the element spacing is larger than one wavelength, i.e., 12 mm, at the center frequency. In [32], Huawei Technologies presented a LMDS 2 × 2 broadband antenna array composed of unique viafed U-shaped patch elements, separated by about 0.6 wavelength at 27 GHz, and a stripline distribution network. It provided a 7 GHz bandwidth and a maximum gain of 11 dBi.…”

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Wideband High Gain Antenna Subarray for 5g Applications

Ershadi¹,

Keshtkar²,

Abdelrahman³

et al. 2017

PIER C

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Abstract-Wideband arrays have recently received considerable attention in 5G applications to cover larger frequency bands. This paper presents a novel design of a high gain and wideband antenna subarray from 23 GHz to 32 GHz, which covers the frequency bands proposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for 5G communications. The proposed subarray consists of four radiating elements with wideband and high gain characteristics. These elements are composed of two stacked patches, which are fed using the proximity coupling technique. A unit-cell element prototype is first fabricated and tested to validate the gain and bandwidth performances. A 1 × 4 subarray prototype is then fabricated and tested, while maintaining an element spacing less than half-wavelength at the center frequency, to avoid grating lobes and to keep the small size of the antenna subarray. The measurement results of the prototypes, i.e., unit cell element and subarray prototypes, show good agreements with the simulations. The subarray measurements demonstrate a high gain of 10-12 dBi, an impedance bandwidth of 33.4%, and a 1-dB gain bandwidth of 10.5%. The proposed antenna subarray is a good candidate for wideband and high gain antenna arrays suitable for 5G mmW applications.

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A wideband probe-fed low cost mm wave fractal antenna array for 5G

Shet¹,

Karthikeya

Suraj³

2020

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Antennas for 5G needs to be compact, low-cost and of broad band. The proposed antenna is a co-axial fed Sierpinski fractal antenna of 1stiteration which satisfies most of the important requirements for prospective 5G cellular communication. The proposed design has broad impedance bandwidth of 2.6 GHz at resonant frequency of 28.2 GHz and suitable radiation pattern for beam steering. Various characterization studies are performed to achieve beam steering. An L-shaped array of the proposed antenna is designed for this purpose. This array is also placed on a generic smartphone mock-up and the radiation pattern is characterized.

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Broadband antenna array with low cost PCB substrate for 5G millimeter wave applications

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Wideband patch array antenna using superstrate configuration for future 5G applications

Wideband patch array antenna using superstrate configuration for future 5G applications

Wideband High Gain Antenna Subarray for 5g Applications

A wideband probe-fed low cost mm wave fractal antenna array for 5G

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