A wideband switched beam patch antenna array for LTE and Wi-Fi

Author

Fernandes, Miguel ; Bhandare, Aniket ; Dessai, Chetan ; Virani, Hassanali

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun, Goa Coll. of Eng., Farmagudi, India

fYear

2013

fDate

13-15 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper a Switched beam 4×1 linear antenna array is presented with a 4×4 Butler matrix feed. For wideband operation Aperture coupled antenna elements are used in the array whereas wideband Hybrid couplers and Cross Couplers are used in the Butler Matrix feed. Design and Simulations are carried out in IE3D software considering a low cost FR4 substrate. The array is designed to cover LTE bands at 2.3 & 2.6GHz as well as the 2.4GHz ISM band. The performance parameters from simulation and measurements are presented and analyzed. A total 1:1.3 VSWR bandwidth of 400MHz is obtained with gain between 6-7.5dB, directivity of ~12dBi and Efficiency greater than 30%. The radiation beam directions in azimuth are obtained at +15, -15, +45 and -45° for respective input port.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; UHF antennas; antenna feeds; aperture antennas; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; wireless LAN; Butler matrix feed; FR4 substrate; IE3D software; ISM band; LTE bands; VSWR bandwidth; Wi-Fi; azimuth; cross couplers; directivity; frequency 2.3 GHz to 2.6 GHz; gain 6 dB to 7.5 dB; radiation beam directions; switched beam linear antenna array; wideband hybrid couplers; wideband operation aperture coupled antenna elements; wideband switched beam patch antenna array; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Butler matrices; Couplers; Feeds; Loss measurement; Switches; Antenna Array; Aperture Coupled antenna; Beamforming; Butler Matrix; LTE; Smart Antenna system; Switched beam; Wi-Fi;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

India Conference (INDICON), 2013 Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2274-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INDCON.2013.6726150

Filename

6726150