Bandwidth-Enhanced Low-Profile Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna With Shorting Parasitic Elements

IEEE Access

Kang-Yoon Lee¹  Thai Van Trinh¹  Keum Cheol Hwang¹  Son Trinh-Van¹  Youngoo Yang¹ 

[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea;

关键词: Bandwidth enhancement;    low profile;    magneto-electric (ME) dipole;    shorting parasitic element;    wideband;   

DOI  :  10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3076493

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a low-profile magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna with an enhanced impedance bandwidth realized by the loading of shorting parasitic elements. The antenna contains a horizontal planar electric dipole antenna, a $\Gamma $ -shaped shorted patch antenna, a pair of parasitic L-shaped shorted patches, and a direct feed. By loading of the parasitic L-shaped patches such that they are shorted to the ground, the proposed antenna attains a significant bandwidth enhancement while maintaining excellent broadside radiation characteristics. An antenna prototype with a low profile of only $0.11\lambda _{0}$ was fabricated and tested ( $\lambda _{0}$ is the free-space wavelength referring to the center frequency). The antenna achieves a measured impedance bandwidth of 75.64% (1.34–2.97 GHz) for a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of less than 2. Within the operating band, the measured gain ranges from 6.23 to 8.49 dBi. Additionally, stable radiation patterns on both E- and H-planes with a high front-to-back ratio of more than 20.5 dB are achieved.

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