Development of a Wideband Planar Antenna Array for Multifunctional Wireless Applications

Author

Yao, Yuan ; Huang, Bin ; Feng, Zhenghe

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. on Microwave & Digital Commun., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We have developed a 1 times 4 wideband array structure for multiple wireless applications. The utilized single element is a wide-slot antenna and has demonstrated ultra-wideband operation characteristics. The proposed antenna system associated with feeding network and antenna elements can be integrated in a single substrate. Consequently, such a design is with low fabrication and assembly cost and compact size. The bandwidth of this wideband antenna array is from 2.0 GHz to 6.0 GHz and the radiation pattern is bidirectional. The performance of the antenna array is investigated both numerically and experimentally.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; planar antenna arrays; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; antenna elements; feeding network; multifunctional wireless applications; radiation pattern; ultrawideband operation characteristics; wide-slot antenna; wideband array structure; wideband planar antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Assembly; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Costs; Fabrication; Planar arrays; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Wilkinson power divider; antenna array; wide-slot antenna; wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4554581

Filename

4554581