Journal article
Wideband Planar Four-Element Linear Antenna Array
IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters, v 13, pp 1663-1666
2014
Abstract
This letter presents a planar wideband linear antenna array to cover multiple wireless standards. The array consists of four microstripline-fed open-ended quarter-wavelength slot antenna elements. By feeding the antenna properly, a fundamental radiating antenna mode can be excited over a wide frequency range. The antenna array is simulated in terms of surface current distributions and S-parameters. Simulated results are compared to the manufactured prototype antenna array. Measured results show the -10-dB impedance bandwidth is from 2.55 to 6.1 GHz, corresponding to 83% relative impedance bandwidth, while mutual coupling is less than -16.6 dB within the aforementioned impedance bandwidth. The simulated -10-dB bandwidth is from 2.0 to 6.0 GHz. Measured radiation patterns are presented at 2.4, 3.5, and 5.2 GHz with 4.6, 7.0, and 7.9 dBi maximum gain in boresight direction, respectively. The measured radiation patterns and grating lobe levels correlate well with the theory and are 10-15 dB below the main lobe depending on the studied frequency.
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- Title
- Wideband Planar Four-Element Linear Antenna Array
- Creators
- Marko Sonkki - Centre for Wireless Commun. (CWC), Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandDouglas Pfeil - Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USAVeikko Hovinen - Centre for Wireless Commun. (CWC), Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandKapil R Dandekar - Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Publication Details
- IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters, v 13, pp 1663-1666
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Grant note
- Nokia Siemens Networks CNS-1147838 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (10.13039/100000001) Renesas Mobile, Ltd. Nokia Foundation Insta DefSec, Ltd. Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Elektrobit InfoTech Oulu Doctoral Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000349397700008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84922212019
- Other Identifier
- 991014878373904721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
- Telecommunications