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2024-03-29
A Dual-Mode Circular Antenna Array for Indoor Communication
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 118, 99-105, 2024
Abstract
A circular antenna array with omnidirectional mode and 360° continuously directional beam-scanning mode operating in 5G indoor communication band is reported. The proposed circular antenna array is composed of 16 subarray elements, and each element consists of two back-to-back E-shaped patch antennas with a differential feeding network. The beam-scanning mode is achieved by controlling the exciting amplitudes and phases of consisting subarray elements, which is optimized by using the extended method of maximum power transmission efficiency, so as to guarantee the maximum possible gain value. The operating frequency of the circular array covers 3.3-3.6 GHz. The omnidirectional gain is about 4.7 dBi, while the directive gain reaches 16 dBi with 360° continuously beam-scanning performance and very slight gain fluctuation in the azimuth plane. The comparison with other state-of-the-art designs shows that the proposed circular array has both higher directional and omnidirectional gain values.
Citation
Shen-Yun Wang, Meng-Ting Yang, Qing Zhang, Ling-Bing Kong, and Wen Geyi, "A Dual-Mode Circular Antenna Array for Indoor Communication," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 118, 99-105, 2024.
doi:10.2528/PIERL24013001
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