A novel high-gain quasi-Yagi antenna with a parabolic reflector

The simplicity and intuitive design of traditional planar printed quasi-Yagi antennas has led to its widespread popularity for its good directivity. In this paper, a novel quasi-Yagi antenna with a single director and a concave parabolic reflector, operating in S-band, is proposed. The impedance characteristic and radiation characteristic are simulated with CST-Microwave Studio, and the antenna is fabricated and measured. The measured results indicate that the antenna which can operate at 2.28-2.63GHz can achieve an average gain of 6.5dBi within the operating frequency range, especially a highest gain of 7.5dBi at 2.5GHz. The proposed antenna can be widely used in WLAN/TD-LTE/BD1 and so on.