High gain 60 GHz band printed quasi-Yagi antenna using a novel microstrip-slotline transition feed

Author

Ta, Son Xuat ; Han, Jea Jin ; Choo, Hosung ; Park, Ikmo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

27-30 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a high gain printed quasi-Yagi antenna is introduced for 60 GHz wireless applications. The antenna is fed by a novel microstrip-slotline transition consisting of a curved microstripline and circular slot in order to allow wideband characteristics. A corrugated ground plane is employed as a reflector for improving gain and small gain variation. The proposed antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 49.8-68.5 GHz for a -10 dB reflection coefficient and a gain of 10.50-12.8 dBi within this bandwidth. In addition, the antenna exhibits a stable radiation pattern with half power beamwidths of 36°-50° and 41°-52° in the E- and H-planes, respectively.

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip lines; millimetre wave antenna arrays; slot lines; bandwidth 49.8 GHz to 68.5 GHz; circular slot; corrugated ground plane; curved microstripline; frequency 60 GHz; high gain printed quasi-Yagi antenna; microstrip-slotline transition feed; stable radiation pattern; wideband characteristics; wireless applications; Bandwidth; Gain; Impedance; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; 60-GHz communications; Microstrip-slotline transition; quasi-Yagi antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Millimeter Waves (GSMM), 2012 5th Global Symposium on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1302-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GSMM.2012.6313994

Filename

6313994