Abstract
ABSTRACT The integration of multi-standard and multi-band wireless communication system will be the development trend of mine communication. The mine wireless repeater is an important part of the mine communication system. However, the antenna suitable for wireless repeaters is a vertical whip antenna, which greatly limits the size of the antenna in the horizontal direction. In this paper, an ultra-narrow size slotted sleeve antenna is proposed for the RF front end of wireless repeaters for underground mining. The antenna design process can be divided into three steps. First, a flag shaped slot is cut in the rectangular sleeve to increase the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. Second, the reverse branch is loaded on the top of the sleeve, which ingeniously increases the resonant path of the antenna. Moreover, a T-shaped slot is etched on the transmission line, which further improves the overall performance of the antenna. The electrical size of the antenna with this unique structural design is only 0.41λ × 0.048λ, which is much smaller than the lateral size of similar antennas. The simulation and measurement results of the proposed antenna are in good agreement, and the working bands include 0.79–0.82 GHz, 1.42–1.47 GHz, 2.39–2.59 GHz, 2.63–2.91 GHz, and 5.10–5.75 GHz.
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