Title :
Design of Compact Multiband Antenna for Triple-Band Cellular Base Stations
Author :
Itoh, Kazuya ; Konno, Keisuke ; Qiang Chen ; Inoue, Shingo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
In this letter, a tapered-slot antenna (TSA) that covers 1.5/2/2.4-GHz bands is designed for a 6-sector base station. It is shown that the TSA with desired half-power beamwidth and front-to-back (F/B) ratio at the frequency bands can be designed by loading the two pairs of slits and reflector. Results of numerical simulation show that the designed TSA radiates a sector beam with high F/B ratios over 20 dB at 1.5/2/2.4-GHz bands.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; cellular radio; multifrequency antennas; numerical analysis; reflector antennas; slot antennas; 6-sector base station; TSA; compact multiband antenna design; frequency 1.5 GHz; frequency 2 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency bands; front-to-back ratio; half-power beamwidth; numerical simulation; reflector; sector beam; slits; tapered-slot antenna; triple-band cellular base stations; Base stations; Broadband antennas; Current density; Dipole antennas; Wideband; Base station; front-to-back (F/B) ratio; half-power beamwidth; multiband antennas; tapered-slot antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2354057
