Journal
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 217-220Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2017.2780992
Keywords
Antenna arrays; broadband antenna; mutual coupling; tightly coupled patch array (TCPA)
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JB170207]
- National Science Foundation of China [61501340]
- Australian Research Council [DE170101203, DP160102219]
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In this letter, a multifeed tightly coupled patch array antenna capable of broadband operation is analyzed and designed. First, an antenna array composed of infinite elements with each element excited by a feed is proposed. To produce specific polarized radiation efficiently, a new patch element is proposed, and its characteristics are studied based on a 2-port network model. Full-wave simulation results show that the infinite antenna array exhibits both a high efficiency and desirable radiation pattern in a wide frequency band (10 dB bandwidth) from 1.91 to 5.35 GHz (94.8%). Second, to validate its outstanding performance, a realistic finite 4x4 antenna prototype is designed, fabricated, and measured in our laboratory. The experimental results agree well with simulated ones, where the frequency bandwidth (VSWR < 2) is from 2.5 to 3.8 GHz (41.3%). The inherent compact size, light weight, broad bandwidth, and good radiation characteristics make this array antenna a promising candidate for future communication and advanced sensing systems.
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