A Dual-Wideband Double-Layer Magnetoelectric Dipole Antenna with a Modified Horned Reflector for 2G3GLTE Applications
Joint Authors
Li, Shufang
Yin, Sixing
An, Wenxing
Hong, Weijun
Feng, Botao
Source
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A novel dual-wideband double-layer magnetoelectric dipole unidirectional antenna with a modified horned reflector for 2G/3G/LTE applications is proposed.
Firstly, a double-layer electric dipole structure is presented to provide a dualwideband, whose folded lower layer mainly serves the lower frequency band while the inclined upper layer works for the upper frequency band.
In addition, to reduce the size of the antenna and improve impedance matching, a new feeding structure designed with inverted U-shaped and tapered line is introduced.
Finally, a modified horn-shaped reflector, instead of a ground plane, is employed to achieve stable and high gains.
The antenna prototype can achieve a bandwidth of 24.4% (790 MHz–1010 MHz) with a stable gain of 7.2 ± 0.6 dBi for the lower band, and a bandwidth of 67.3% (1.38 GHz–2.78 GHz) with a gain of 7.5 ± 0.8 dBi for the upper band covering all the frequency bands for 2G/3G/LTE systems.
To the best of our knowledge, it is the first double-layer magnetoelectric dipole antenna proposed.
Compared with the existing ME dipole antennas, the proposed antenna, which is completely made of copper, can be easily fabricated at low cost and thus is practicable for 2G/3G/LTE applications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Feng, Botao& Hong, Weijun& Li, Shufang& An, Wenxing& Yin, Sixing. 2013. A Dual-Wideband Double-Layer Magnetoelectric Dipole Antenna with a Modified Horned Reflector for 2G3GLTE Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Feng, Botao…[et al.]. A Dual-Wideband Double-Layer Magnetoelectric Dipole Antenna with a Modified Horned Reflector for 2G3GLTE Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477335
American Medical Association (AMA)
Feng, Botao& Hong, Weijun& Li, Shufang& An, Wenxing& Yin, Sixing. A Dual-Wideband Double-Layer Magnetoelectric Dipole Antenna with a Modified Horned Reflector for 2G3GLTE Applications. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477335
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-477335