Full-wavelength Dipole Research Articles

A Compact Wideband Quasi-Yagi Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Communication

A millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) quasi-Yagi antenna utilizing a pair of back-to-back U-shaped full-wavelength dipoles and a folded shorted stub-loaded half-wavelength strip resonator is proposed. The high impedance of the U-shaped full-wavelength dipole overcomes the mismatching problem when it is close to the reflector, enabling compact size in the endfire direction. Three reflection zeros can be obtained from the full-wavelength dipole, the half-wavelength strip resonator, and the equivalent inductor and capacitor derived from the folded shorted stub. The three reflection zeros and appropriate impedance make the proposed antenna have wide bandwidth. For demonstration, a prototype of 1 × 4 array is designed with the antenna element planar size (without ground) of 0.57 λ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> × 0.18 λ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> (λ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> is the wavelength in the free space at center frequency), the 10-dB impedance matching bandwidth of 49.7% (24.2 - 40.2 GHz), and the average gain of 9.12 dBi. The proposed compact wideband antenna array can be a good candidate for 5G mm-Wave wireless application.

Wideband Wide Beamwidth Full-Wavelength Sectorial Dipole Antenna Under Dual-Mode Resonance

In this article, a novel design approach to wide beamwidth dual-resonant, wideband sectorial dipole antennas is advanced. At first, a 1-D, full-wavelength dipole is evolved into a 2-D, sectorial dipole, so as to determine its two usable resonant modes. Then, both wideband and wide beamwidth characteristics are simultaneously attained under dual-mode resonance. Next, dual-resonant sectorial dipole antennas with flared angle of 270° and 240° are designed and studied. As experimentally validated, the proposed antenna exhibits an omnidirectional pattern with its impedance bandwidth over 70.4%. A few prototypes mounted above a ground plane are further investigated, so as to achieve a broad H-plane half-power beamwidth (HPBW) to over 120°. In addition, the antennas exhibit stable gain frequency response with fluctuation less than 2.2 dB within the entire impedance bandwidth. Thus, the advanced design approach based on 2-D dual-resonant, full- wavelength dipole leads to the formulation of novel wide beamwidth antennas with low frequency dispersion and simple configuration within a wide radiation bandwidth over 53.3%. Finally, a dual-polarized dipole antenna with port-to-port isolation higher than 34.5 dB and available radiation bandwidth of over 49% is implemented to further validate its potential for practical applications.

Wideband Matching of Full-Wavelength Dipole With Reflector for Base Station

This communication introduces a wideband hybrid feeding method for full-wavelength dipole antennas with a reflector. A full-wavelength dipole is designed to cover the band from 698 to 960 MHz for cellular base station applications. Its matching circuit consists of a triple-tuned circuit and a quasi-quarter-wavelength impedance transformer. The proposed matching circuit can provide balanced feeding as a balun and has a compact size. The working mechanism and a complete design scheme of the proposed matching circuit are elaborated. The matching circuit is designed and optimized using a circuit theory model and then physically realized using microstrip lines based on full-wave simulation. The measured reflection coefficient $|S_{11}|$ is lesser than −14 dB across the entire band from 698 to 960 MHz, exhibiting a bandwidth of 32%. This is the first time that a wideband center-fed full-wavelength dipole is proposed.

A plasmonic dipole optical antenna coupled quantum dot infrared photodetector

In this paper, we report a full-wavelength plasmonic dipole optical antenna coupled quantum dot infrared photodetector (QDIP). The plasmonic dipole optical antenna can effectively modify the EM wave distribution and convert free-space propagation infrared light to localized surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) within the nanometer (nm) gap region of the full-wavelength dipole antenna. The plasmonic dipole optical antenna coupled QDIP shows incident-angle-dependent photocurrent enhancement. The angular dependence follows the far-field pattern of a full-wavelength dipole antenna. The directivity of the plasmonic dipole optical antenna is measured to be 1.8 dB, which agrees well with the antenna simulation. To our best knowledge, this is the first report of the antenna far-field and directivity measurement. The agreement of the detection pattern and the directivity with antenna theory confirms functions of an optical antenna are similar to that of a RF antenna.

Full-Wavelength Dipole Antenna on a Hybrid GaAs Membrane and Si Lens for a Terahertz Photomixer

A full-wavelength dipole antenna on a GaAs membrane, covered with a silicon lens to improve the output power of a terahertz (THz) photomixer, is proposed. A full-wavelength dipole antenna supported by a GaAs membrane structure has been proven to achieve both high input resistance and high radiation efficiency for improved overall efficiency. However, the antenna has insufficient directivity. An extended hemispherical lens was introduced in front of the antenna in a non-contact configuration and coupled to the antenna radiation to achieve high directivity by beam collimation. This approach greatly enhances the antenna directivity while avoiding an inherent obstacle of the input resistance reduction caused by the high permittivity lens substrate. The resulting antenna after optimization had a 3818-Ω input resistance and a 71.2% radiation efficiency, corresponding to approximately 57% total efficiency at the 1.07-THz resonance frequency. The total efficiency of this structure is approximately 6.8 times that of a full-wavelength dipole antenna with the same hemisphere lens size while exhibiting slightly lower directivity.

FULL-WAVELENGTH DIPOLE ANTENNA ON A GAAS MEMBRANE COVERED BY A FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE FOR A TERAHERTZ PHOTOMIXER

An antenna consisting of a full-wavelength dipole on a GaAs membrane covered by a frequency selective surface is proposed for improved output power from photomixers used as terahertz (THz) sources. The antenna structure reduces the vertical dimension of a typical photomixer antenna using a substrate lens while still exhibiting high total e-ciency and high directivity. The resulting antenna after optimization produced an input resistance of 3870› and a radiation e-ciency of 60%, corresponding to a total e-ciency, i.e., the e-ciency of the antenna in THz wave radiation, of approximately 48.3% and a maximum directivity of 20.2dBi at the resonance frequency of 1.03THz. The proposed antenna is expected to be a promising alternativeTHz photomixer design.

Numerical Study of a Full-wavelength Dipole Antenna on a GaAs Membrane Structure at Terahertz Frequency

In this paper, a full-wavelength dipole antenna, supported by a GaAs membrane structure, is examined. The antenna was designed with both high input resistance and high radiation efficiency to improve the overall efficiency of a terahertz photomixer design. The geometrical effects of the GaAs membrane structure on the overall antenna performance were investigated through an optimization process. To supply DC bias to the antenna, a bias line with a photonic bandgap (PBG) structure was designed and optimized. The resulting antenna had a 2742-Ω input resistance and a 65% radiation efficiency, corresponding to an approximately 44% total efficiency at the 1.05-THz resonance frequency. The proposed antenna is expected to efficiently generate THz waves and be applicable to many practical applications where large coverage (detection area), easy alignment, and high scanning speed, rather than high-resolution, are preferred.

Four-leaf-clover-shaped antenna for a THz photomixer

To improve the output power of a photomixer used as a THz source, we propose a four-leaf-clover-shaped antenna structure composed of a highly resonant radiation element and a stable DC feed element. The resonance characteristics of the proposed structure were first investigated on a half-infinite substrate as a simplified radiation environment to reduce the computation time. Based on the antenna characteristics on that half-infinite substrate, the antenna structure was designed to have a maximum total efficiency and a maximum directivity on an extended hemispherical lens. The input resistance of this structure was six times that of a full-wavelength dipole, significantly improving the mismatch efficiency between a photomixer and the antenna. The terahertz output power from this structure is expected to be 2.7 times that of a full-wavelength dipole.

Observations of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) Using the Mexican Array Radio Telescope (MEXART)

The Mexican Array Radio Telescope (MEXART) consists of a 64×64 (4096) full-wavelength dipole antenna array, operating at 140 MHz, with a bandwidth of 2 MHz, occupying about 9660 square meters (69 m × 140 m) ( ). This is a dedicated radio array for Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) observations located at latitude 19°48′N, longitude 101°41′W. We characterize the performance of the system. We report the first IPS observations with the instrument, employing a Butler Matrix (BM) of 16×16 ports, fed by 16 east – west lines of 64 dipoles (1/4 of the total array). The BM displays a radiation pattern of 16 beams at different declinations (from −48, to +88 degrees). We present a list of 19 strong IPS radio sources (having at least 3σ in power gain) detected by the instrument. We report the power spectral analysis procedure of the intensity fluctuations. The operation of MEXART will allow us a better coverage of solar wind disturbances, complementing the data provided by the other, previously built, instruments.

높은 출력의 THz 포토믹서를 위한 네잎클로버 형태의 안테나

테라헤르츠 광원인 포토믹서의 출력을 향상시키기 위하여 강한 공진의 복사부와 안정적인 DC 급전부로 구성된 네잎클로버 형태의 새로운 안테나구조를 제안하였다. 먼저 복사환경을 단순화시킨 무한기판 위에서 제안한 안테나구조의 공진특성을 살펴보았고, 이를 바탕으로 제안한 구조가 확장형 반구렌즈 위에서 최대의 전체효율과 지향성을 지니도록 설계하였다. 기존의 전파장다이폴안테나와 비교한 결과, 제안한 구조는 공진주파수에서 6배 이상의 높은 입력임피던스 특성을 가짐으로써 포토믹서와의 부정합효율을 크게 개선시켰으며, 이로 인해 테라헤르츠 출력이 전파장 다이폴의 경우보다 2.7배 높게 예상되었다. To improve the output power of a photomixer as a THz source, we propose a four-leaf clover-shaped antenna structure which is composed of a highly resonant radiation element and a stable DC feed element. The resonance characteristics of the proposed structure were investigated on a half-infinite substrate first as a simplified radiation environment in order to save the computation time. Based on the antenna characteristics on a half-infinite substrate, the antenna structure was designed to have a maximum total efficiency and a maximum directivity on an extended hemispherical lens. In comparison with a full-wavelength dipole, an input resistance of this structure increased six fold and this characteristic significantly improved the mismatch efficiency between a photomixer and an antenna. THz output power from this structure is expected to increase by 2.7 times as compared to a full-wavelength dipole case.

고출력 테라헤르츠파 발생을 위한 새로운 구조의 Yagi-Uda 안테나

본 논문에서는 테라헤르츠 대역에서 동작하는 새로운 구조의 Yagi-Uda 안테나를 설계하였다. 제안한 Yagi-Uda 안테나는 안테나의 driver를 반 파장 다이폴이 아닌 전 파장 다이폴을 사용함으로써 공진주파수에서 <TEX>$2000{\Omega}$</TEX> 정도의 높은 입력 저항을 얻을 수 있었다. 바이어스 선에 Photonic Bandgap 구조를 적용하여 바이어스 선로로의 전류누설을 최소화 하였고, 안테나를 얇은 기판에 설계함으로써 기판의 비유전율로 인한 안테나의 임피던스 저하를 막고 Yagi-Uda 안테나 고유의 단방향 지향적인 복사특성을 나타나게 하였다. 따라서 제안한 Yagi-Uda 안테나는 포토믹서와의 임피던스 부정합 문제를 개선하여 테라헤르츠파의 출력을 증가 시킬 수 있을 것이라 예상한다. In this paper, a new type of Yagi-Uda antenna that operates in the terahertz frequencies is designed. The proposed Yagi-Uda antenna can obtain high input resistance of approximately <TEX>$2000{\Omega}$</TEX> at the resonance frequency by using a full-wavelength dipole instead of a half-wavelength dipole as the driver element. The current leakage into the bias line was minimized by applying the photonic bandgap structure to the bias line. By designing the antenna on a thin substrate, the impedance lowering of an antenna caused by the relative dielectric constant of the substrate was prevented and the end-fire radiation pattern which is the original radiation characteristic of the Yagi-Uda antenna could be obtained. We expect that the proposed Yagi-Uda antenna can achieve increased terahertz output power by improving the impedance mismatching problem with the photomixer.