• DocumentCode
    611949
  • Title

    Wide band suspended plate antenna with high power efficiency for Green communications

  • Author

    Lingjian Li ; Paul, D.L. ; Hilton, Geoffrey S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    3726
  • Lastpage
    3729
  • Abstract
    A highly power-efficient wide band Suspended Plate Antenna (SPA) is proposed in this paper for use as an element prototype for Base Station arrays. The antenna bandwidth is enhanced by a tapered feeding technique to fully cover the 250 MHz band required for LTE operation. 3D radiation pattern measurements show good performance. The SPA achieves a high radiation efficiency of 90% and an average transmission efficiency of 87% across the whole LTE band.
  • Keywords
    Long Term Evolution; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; 3D radiation pattern measurements; LTE operation; antenna bandwidth; base station arrays; element prototype; frequency 250 MHz; green communications; radiation efficiency; tapered feeding technique; transmission efficiency; wide band suspended plate antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; efficient antennas; tapered feed; wide band antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Gothenburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2187-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-88-907018-1-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6547007