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Ahmed, Sharif and Tan, Kim Geok and Alias, Mohamad Yusoff and Hossain, Ferdous and Alsariera, Hussein and Abd. Aziz, Azlan and Ping, Jack Soh (2021) A UWB antenna array integrated with multimode resonator bandpass filter. Electronics (Switzerland), 10 (5). ISSN 2079-9292
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Abstract
This paper presents a novel design of a modified ultrawideband (UWB) antenna array integrated with a multimode resonator bandpass filter. First, a single UWB antenna is modified and studied, using a P-shape radiated patch instead of a full elliptical patch, for wide impedance bandwidth and high realized gain. Then, a two-element UWB antenna array is developed based on this modified UWB antenna with an inter-element spacing of 0.35 λL, in which λL is the free space wavelength at the lower UWB band edge of 3.1 GHz, compared to 0.27 λL of a reference UWB antenna array designed using a traditional elliptical patch shape. The partial ground plane is designed with a trapezoidal angle to enhance matching throughout the UWB frequency range. The mutual coupling reduction of a modified UWB antenna array enhances the reflection coefficient, bandwidth, and realized gain, maintaining the same size of 1.08 λ0 × 1.08 λ0 × 0.035 λ0 at 6.5 GHz center frequency as that of the reference UWB antenna array. The UWB antenna array performance is investigated at different inter-element spacing distances between the radiated elements. To add filtering capability to the UWB antenna array and eliminate interference from the out-of-band frequencies, a multimode resonator (MMR) bandpass filter (BPF) is incorporated in the feedline while maintaining a compact size. The measurement results showed a close agreement with simulated results. The proposed UWB filtering antenna array design achieved a wide fractional bandwidth of more than 109.87%, a high realized gain of more than 7.4 dBi, and a compact size of 1.08 λ0 × 1.08 λ0 × 0.035 λ0 at 6.5 GHz center frequency. These advantages make the proposed antenna suitable for UWB applications such as indoor tracking, radar systems and positioning applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ultra-wideband antennas |
Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK7800-8360 Electronics > TK7871 Electronics--Materials |
Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) |
Depositing User: | Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad |
Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2021 17:14 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2021 17:14 |
URII: | http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/8613 |
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