Cost-effective high-performance air-filled SIW antenna array for the global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands
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- Igor Lima de Paula (UGent) , Sam Lemey (UGent) , Dries Bosman (UGent) , Quinten Van den Brande (UGent) , Olivier Caytan (UGent) , Joris Lambrecht (UGent) , Maarten Cauwe (UGent) , Guy Torfs (UGent) and Hendrik Rogier (UGent)
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- ATTO (A new concept for ultra-high capacity wireless networks.)
- Abstract
- A cost-effective, compact, and high-performance antenna element for beamforming applications in all fifth-generation (5G) New Radio bands in the [24.25-29.5] GHz spectrum is proposed in this letter. The novel antenna topology adopts a square patch, an edge-plated air-filled cavity, and an hourglass-shaped aperture-coupled feed to achieve a very high efficiency over a wide frequency band in a compact footprint (0.48 lambda(0) x 0.48 lambda(0)). Its compliance with standard printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication technology, without complex multilayer PCB stack, ensures low-cost fabrication. The antenna feedplane offers a platform for compact integration of active electronic circuitry. Two different modular 1 x 4 antenna arrays were realized to demonstrate its suitability for broadband multiantenna systems. Measurements of the fabricated antenna element and the antenna array prototypes revealed a-10 dB impedance bandwidth of 7.15 GHz (26.8%) and 8.2 GHz (30.83%), respectively. The stand-alone antenna features a stable peak gain of 7.4 +/- 0.6 dBi in the [24.25-29.5] GHz band and a measured total efficiency of at least 85%. The 1 x 4 array provides a peak gain of 10.1 +/- 0.7 dBi and enables grating-lobe-free beamsteering from -50 degrees to 50 degrees.
- Keywords
- Air-filled substrate-integrated waveguide (AFSIW), beamforming, fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication, millimeter-wave (mmWave), antenna arrays, New Radio (NR)
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8699088
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- Lima de Paula, Igor, et al. “Cost-Effective High-Performance Air-Filled SIW Antenna Array for the Global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz Bands.” IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, vol. 20, no. 2, 2021, pp. 194–98, doi:10.1109/LAWP.2020.3044114.
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- Lima de Paula, I., Lemey, S., Bosman, D., Van den Brande, Q., Caytan, O., Lambrecht, J., … Rogier, H. (2021). Cost-effective high-performance air-filled SIW antenna array for the global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, 20(2), 194–198. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2020.3044114
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- Lima de Paula, Igor, Sam Lemey, Dries Bosman, Quinten Van den Brande, Olivier Caytan, Joris Lambrecht, Maarten Cauwe, Guy Torfs, and Hendrik Rogier. 2021. “Cost-Effective High-Performance Air-Filled SIW Antenna Array for the Global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz Bands.” IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS 20 (2): 194–98. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2020.3044114.
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- Lima de Paula, Igor, Sam Lemey, Dries Bosman, Quinten Van den Brande, Olivier Caytan, Joris Lambrecht, Maarten Cauwe, Guy Torfs, and Hendrik Rogier. 2021. “Cost-Effective High-Performance Air-Filled SIW Antenna Array for the Global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz Bands.” IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS 20 (2): 194–198. doi:10.1109/LAWP.2020.3044114.
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- 1.Lima de Paula I, Lemey S, Bosman D, Van den Brande Q, Caytan O, Lambrecht J, et al. Cost-effective high-performance air-filled SIW antenna array for the global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS. 2021;20(2):194–8.
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- [1]I. Lima de Paula et al., “Cost-effective high-performance air-filled SIW antenna array for the global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands,” IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 194–198, 2021.
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author = {{Lima de Paula, Igor and Lemey, Sam and Bosman, Dries and Van den Brande, Quinten and Caytan, Olivier and Lambrecht, Joris and Cauwe, Maarten and Torfs, Guy and Rogier, Hendrik}},
issn = {{1536-1225}},
journal = {{IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS}},
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language = {{eng}},
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pages = {{194--198}},
title = {{Cost-effective high-performance air-filled SIW antenna array for the global 5G 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2020.3044114}},
volume = {{20}},
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