A New mmWave Antenna Array with Wideband Characteristics for Next Generation Communication Systems

Munir, Mehr E; Al Harbi, Abdullah G; Kiani, Saad Hassan; Marey, Mohamed; Parchin, Naser Ojaroudi; Mostafa, Hala; Iqbal, Javed; Abbas Khan, Muhammad; See, Chan Hwang; Abd-Alhameed, Raed A

Abstract

This paper presents a planar multi-circular loop antenna with wide impedance bandwidth for next generation mm-wave systems. The proposed antenna comprises three circular rings with a partial ground plane having a square slot. The resonating structure is designed on a 0.254 mm thin RO5880 substrate with a relative permittivity of 2.3. The single element of the proposed de-sign showed resonance response from 26.5 to 41 GHz with peak gain of 4 dBi and radiation efficiency of 96%. The proposed multicircular ring antenna element is transformed into a four element array system. The array size is kept at 18.25 × 12.5 × 0.254 mm3 with a peak gain of 11 dBi. The antenna array is fabricated and measured using the inhouse facility. The simulated and measured results are well agreed upon and are found suitable for mmwave communication systems.

Citation

Munir, M. E., Al Harbi, A. G., Kiani, S. H., Marey, M., Parchin, N. O., Mostafa, H., Iqbal, J., Abbas Khan, M., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022). A New mmWave Antenna Array with Wideband Characteristics for Next Generation Communication Systems. Electronics, 11(10), Article 1560. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11101560

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 11, 2022
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: May 13, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 13, 2022
• Electronic ISSN: 2079-9292
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 10
• Article Number: 1560
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11101560
• Keywords: Circular rings; Dual-Beam; mm-wave; Linear Array; Gain; Efficiency; Gain; Linear Ar-36 ray; Dual-Beam
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2871834