Design of a multifunctional and cost-effective wideband planar antenna array system for multiple wireless applications

Author

Lai, Ming-Iu ; Liu, Chin-Feng ; Jeng, Shyh-Kang

Author_Institution

Graduate Inst. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

871

Lastpage

874

Abstract

In this paper, a new wideband array antenna system for multiple wireless applications is proposed. It is composed of two equispaced four-element arrays, phase shifters, diplexers, and power dividers. The two arrays are interleaved and connected to diplexers and power dividers. The proposed antenna system associated with feeding network and antenna elements can be integrated in a single substrate. Consequently, such a design is with low fabrication and assembly cost and compact size. A wideband antenna array with bandwidth from 2.0 GHz to 6.0 GHz and main beam pointing to 20 degrees is illustrated as an example

Keywords

antenna feeds; broadband antennas; multiplexing equipment; phase shifters; planar antenna arrays; power dividers; radiocommunication; 2 to 6 GHz; antenna elements; cost-effective wideband planar antenna array system; equispaced four-element arrays; feeding network; multifunctional antenna array system; multiple wireless applications; phase shifters; power dividers; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Assembly; Broadband antennas; Costs; Fabrication; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Planar arrays; Power dividers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710667

Filename

1710667