期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
卷 69, 期 5, 页码 3015-3020出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3028181
关键词
Dipole antennas; Phased arrays; Silicon carbide; Resonant frequency; Substrates; 5G mobile communication; Antenna; antenna array; beam scanning; endfire; fifth generation (5G); millimeter-wave (mm-Wave)
资金
- EPSRC [EP/P008402/2] Funding Source: UKRI
This paper presents a high-gain phased array antenna with wide-angle beam-scanning capability for 5G millimeter-wave applications. By designing a novel endfire dual-port antenna element and constructing subarrays, it achieves broad beamwidth, high isolation, and low profile, while investigating methods for controlling the radiation pattern in the E-plane.
In this communication, a high-gain phased array antenna with wide-angle beam-scanning capability is proposed for fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave applications. First, a novel, endfire, dual-port antenna element with dual functionalities of radiator and power splitter is designed. The element is composed of a substrate integrated cavity (SIC) and a dipole based on it. The resonant frequencies of the SIC and dipole can be independently tuned to broaden the impedance bandwidth. Based on this dual-port element, a four-element subarray can be easily constructed without resorting to a complicated feeding network. The endfire subarray features broad beamwidth of over 180 degrees, high isolation, and low profile, rendering it suitable for wide-angle beam-scanning applications in the H-plane. In addition, the methods of steering the radiation pattern downward or upward in the E-plane are investigated. As a proof of concept, two phased array antennas each consisting of eight subarrays are designed and fabricated to achieve the broadside and wide-angle beam-scanning radiation. Thanks to the elimination of surface wave, the mutual coupling between the subarrays can be reduced for improving the scanning angle while suppressing the sidelobe level. The experimental predictions are validated by measurement results, showing that the beam of the antenna can be scanned up to 65 degrees with a scanning loss only 3.7 dB and grating lobe less than -15 dB.
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