Design of a 26GHz base station phased array antenna element

Author

Mitropoulos, G. ; Makri, R. ; Gargalakos, M. ; Uzunoglu, N.K.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Comput. Syst., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ., Greece

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

687

Abstract

A novel printed antenna array has been designed and simulated for the needs of a node antenna for point-to-multipoint, PMP, radio links, operating at 26GHz. The antenna array elements are derived from the concept of the Marconi-Franklin collinear array. Each array element is being fed by two parallel transmission lines via an under ground plane of approximately 3/spl lambda//sub 26GHz//2 /spl times/ 3/spl lambda//sub 26GHz//2 mm/sup 2/. Following extensive simulations the radiation pattern of each array element was extracted concluding in an almost 8dB directivity with a 75% efficiency.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; dipole antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; radio links; 26 GHz; Marconi-Franklin collinear array; base station antenna; collinear dipoles; design flexibility; directivity; node antenna; parallel transmission lines; phased array antenna; point-to-multipoint radio links; printed antenna array; radiation pattern; underground plane; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Base stations; Dipole antennas; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219329

Filename

1219329