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Frequency-Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch and Cavity-Backed Slot ESPARs
Title
Frequency-Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch and Cavity-Backed Slot ESPARs.
Creator
Ouyang, Wei, Gong, Xun, Vosoughi, Azadeh, Wahid, Parveen, Abdolvand, Reza, Kuebler, Stephen, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Wireless communication systems have rapidly evolved over the past decade which has led to an explosion of mobile data traffic. Since more and more wireless devices and sensors are being connected, the transition from the current 4G/LTE mobile network to 5G is expected to happen within the next decade. In order to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), system capacity, and link budget, beam steerable antenna arrays are desirable due to their advantage in spatial selectivity and high directivity....
Show moreWireless communication systems have rapidly evolved over the past decade which has led to an explosion of mobile data traffic. Since more and more wireless devices and sensors are being connected, the transition from the current 4G/LTE mobile network to 5G is expected to happen within the next decade. In order to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), system capacity, and link budget, beam steerable antenna arrays are desirable due to their advantage in spatial selectivity and high directivity. Electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) that can achieve low-cost continuously beamsteering using varactor diodes have attracted a lot of attention. This dissertation explores bandwidth enhancement of the ESPAR using frequency-reconfigurable microstrip patch and cavity-backed slot (CBS) antennas. In chapter 2, an ESPAR of three closely-coupled rectangular patch elements that do not use phase shifters is presented; the beamsteering is realized by tunable reactive loads which are used to control the mutual coupling between the elements. Additional loading varactors are strategically placed on the radiating edge of all the antenna elements to achieve a 15% continuous frequency tuning range while simultaneously preserving the beamsteering capability at each operating frequency. Therefore, this frequency-reconfigurable ESPAR is able to provide spectrum diversity in addition to the spatial diversity inherent in a frequency-fixed ESPAR. A prototype of the patch ESPAR is fabricated and demonstrated to operate from 0.87 to 1.02 GHz with an instantaneous fractional bandwidth (FBW) of ~1%. At each operating frequency, this ESPAR is able to scan from -20 to +20 degrees in the H plane. However, the beamsteering of the patch ESPAR is limited in the H-plane and its instantaneous S11 fractional bandwidth (FBW) is very narrow. This dissertation also explores how to achieve 2-D beamsteering with enhanced FBW using CBS antennas. A 20-element cavity-backed slot antenna array is designed and fabricated based on a CBS ESPAR cross subarray in chapter 5. This ESPAR array is able to steer the main beam from +45 degrees to -45 degrees in the E plane and from +40 degrees to -40 degrees in the H plane, respectively, without grating lobes in either plane. The impedance matching is maintained below -10 dB from 6.0 to 6.4 GHz (6.4% fractional bandwidth) at all scan angles. In addition, the CBS ESPAR exhibits minimum beam squint at all scan angles within the impedance matching bandwidth. This array successfully demonstrates the cost savings and associated reduction in the required number of phase shifters in the RF front end by employing ESPAR technology.
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Date Issued
2019
Identifier
CFE0007699, ucf:52426
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007699
DESIGN OF A WIDEBAND DUAL-POLARIZED CAVITY BACKED SLOT ANTENNA
Title
DESIGN OF A WIDEBAND DUAL-POLARIZED CAVITY BACKED SLOT ANTENNA.
Creator
Paryani, Rajesh, Wahid, Parveen F, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
A new technique for designing wideband dual-polarized cavity-backed slot antennas is presented. The structure is in the form of a double-resonant, dual-polarized slot antenna backed by a shallow substrate integrated cavity with a depth of approximately one tenth the free space wavelength. The presence of the cavity behind the slot enhances the antennaÂÂ's directivity and reduces the possibility of surface wave propagation in the antenna substrate when the element is...
Show moreA new technique for designing wideband dual-polarized cavity-backed slot antennas is presented. The structure is in the form of a double-resonant, dual-polarized slot antenna backed by a shallow substrate integrated cavity with a depth of approximately one tenth the free space wavelength. The presence of the cavity behind the slot enhances the antennaÂÂ's directivity and reduces the possibility of surface wave propagation in the antenna substrate when the element is used in an array environment. Moreover, the dual-polarized nature of this radiating element may be exploited to synthesize any desired polarization (vertical, horizontal, RHCP, or LHCP). The double-resonant behavior observed in this substrate-integrated cavity-backed slot antenna (SICBSA) is utilized to enhance its bandwidth compared to a typical cavity-backed slot antenna. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and tested. Measurement results indicate that a bandwidth of 19%, an average gain of 5.3 dB, and a wideband differential isolation of 30 dB can be achieved using this technique. The principles of operation along with the measurement results of the fabricated prototype are presented and discussed in this dissertation. The SICBSA is investigated as a candidate for use as an array element. A uniform two element phased array is demonstrated to locate the main beam from boresight to thirty degrees. The potential effects of mutual coupling and surface wave propagation are considered and analyzed.
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Date Issued
2010
Identifier
CFE0003066, ucf:48295
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003066