Integration of Miniaturized Array Antenna With High-Permittivity Rectangular Bismuth Titanate for WiMAX Applications

Author

Wee, Fwen Hoon ; Malek, F. ; Ghani, Farid ; Al-Amani, Azlan Umar

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis, Arau, Malaysia

Volume

60

Issue

12

fYear

2012

Firstpage

6032

Lastpage

6036

Abstract

High-permittivity rectangular bismuth titanate (ReBiT) array antennas for WiMAX application have been investigated, fabricated, and measured. The antennas are designed and constructed with a combination of two-, four-, and six-BiT elements in an array form stacked on a microwave substrate. The impedance bandwidth of the ReBiT is 350 MHz, and it is able to operate in the frequency range of 2.20 to 2.55 GHz, which is suitable for the application of a WiMAX 2.30 GHz system. The utilization of a bismuth titanate (BiT) ceramic that covers about 90% of the antenna led to high radiation efficiency, low cost, and the production of small-size antennas.

Keywords

UHF antennas; WiMax; antenna arrays; bismuth compounds; ceramics; permittivity; BiT; WiMAX system; bismuth titanate ceramic; frequency 2.30 GHz; frequency 350 MHz; high-permittivity rectangular bismuth titanate antenna array; microwave substrate; miniaturized antenna array; small-size antennas; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Ceramics; Gain; Permittivity; Array antennas; WiMAX; bismuth titanate; low-loss antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2211557

Filename

6259842