Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications

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

Abstract

The 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 exciting through a single feedline connected to one of the patches. The proposed antenna array configuration overcomes the main drawback of conventional MPA of narrow bandwidth that is typically < 5%. The antenna exhibits a super-wide frequency bandwidth from 20 GHz to 120 GHz for S11

Citation

Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2019). Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications. Sensors, 19(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102306

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 17, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 19, 2019
• Publication Date: May 19, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 20, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 20, 2019
• Journal: Sensors
• Electronic ISSN: 1424-8220
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102306
• Keywords: Array antenna, Microstrip Patch Antenna (MPA), Slot Antenna, Simplified composite right/left-handed metamaterial (SCRLH MTM), Multiple-Output Multiple-Input (MIMO), Radar, radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, Millimetre-wave band,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1815886