SPPs-Shared Dual-Band Antenna With Large Frequency Ratio

Jian-Xin Chen,Xue-Feng Zhang,Shuai-Hua Cao

doi:10.1109/access.2020.2969274

Abstract

The operating frequency of future communication systems will cover both microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW) bands simultaneously. This paper presents a novel design of spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) structure-shared dual-band antenna with large frequency ratio, which consists of a planar open sleeve monopole antenna operating at S-band and a taper slot antenna (TSA) at K/Ka-band. In this design, the SPPs structure takes important roles in two aspects: it serves as an equivalent-lens to enhance the gain of TSA and a monopole of the planar open sleeve antenna to keep a low profile. To realize high isolation between the two antennas, a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and an integrated coaxial line are designed to feed the TSA and the planar open sleeve monopole antenna respectively. The SPPs-shared antenna shows an enhanced endfire gain of 13.09 dBi in the frequency range of 19.32-32.90 GHz and an omnidirectional gain of 1.06-2.92 dBi over the range of 2.23-3.69 GHz, keeping a compact size. The large frequency ratio of 10.8, low profile and the wide operating bands in both lower and upper frequency ranges can meet many wireless communication applications. Reasonable agreement between the measured and simulated results is observed.

Highlights

In the future communication applications, antenna systems operating in both microwave band and millimeter-wave (MMW) band are required to increase data exchange capability [1]
Another one is applied for the wideband communication systems, which complies with both Wi-Fi channels and wireless gigabit (WiGig) channels for future wireless local area network (WLAN) applications [3]
In this paper, an surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs)-shared technique is proposed to construct the dual band antenna operating at both 2.23-3.69 GHz (S-band) and 19.32-32.90 GHz (K/Ka-band)

Summary

Introduction

In the future communication applications, antenna systems operating in both microwave band and millimeter-wave (MMW) band are required to increase data exchange capability [1]. INDEX TERMS Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), dual-band antenna, large frequency ratio, wideband antenna, planar monopole antenna, low profile, high isolation.

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