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A Broadband and Wide Beamwidth Dual-Polarized Orthogonal Dipole Antenna For 4G/5G Communication
A Broadband and Wide Beamwidth Dual-Polarized Orthogonal Dipole Antenna For 4G/5G Communication
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355mm
Fig. 7. Simulation model of the 1 × 4 dual-polarized antenna array.
Jsurf [A/m]
5.00E+00
4.39E+00
3.78E+00
3.16E+00
2.55E+00
1.94E+00
1.33E+00
Z
7.13E-01 (a) (b)
1.00E-01 X Y
Fig. 8. S parameters of the antenna array.
Fig. 5. Current vector distribution on the metal cavity at 1.9 GHz when only
port 1 is fed.
Fig. 9. Simulated radiation patterns of the dual linearly polarized antenna array.
Fig.6. Comparison between the simulated radiation patterns of port 1 of ANT higher than that of ANT 4. The HPBWs of E-plane radiation
2-5 at 3.22 GHz.
pattern of ANT 5 at 3.22 GHz is 20 ° wider than that of ANT 4.
While the HPBWs of the E-plane of ANT 4 at high frequency
whole operating frequency band effectively. In order to
is narrower than that of ANT 3. And the HPBWs of ANT 5 is
decrease the current on the metal plate, the metal plate reflector
similar to that of ANT 3. In addition, the gain of the H-plane
is connected with the metal cavity by nylon screws. However,
and the E-plane of ANT 5 in the range of ± 60° pitch angle is
when ANT 4 operates near 3GHz, the current on the bottom
increased to over 0 dBi.
surface of the metal plate is still high. The antenna ANT 5
Furthermore, a 1 × 4 antenna array with element spacing of
proposed in this letter is obtained by cutting out four fan-shaped
0.68 λ0 (λ0 is the wavelength of the center frequency.) is
areas on the metal plate. Therefore, the current intensity on the
simulated. Fig. 7 shows the simulation model of the antenna
whole metal reflector is weakened, and the overall size of the
array. Fig. 8(a) shows the reflection coefficient of ports 1-8 of
metal reflector is ensured. Thus, the backward radiation of the
the antenna array. And the Fig. 8(b) shows the transmission
antenna is decreased in the whole operating frequency band,
coefficient of the ports with same polarization between adjacent
and the FBR is improved.
elements. The transmission coefficient is lower than -17 dB in
The VSWRs of port 1 of antennas during the design process
1.73-3.2 GHz. The radiation patterns of the antenna array fed
are shown in Fig. 4. Two resonant modes of ANT 1 are excited,
by ports 1,3,5,7 simultaneously are shown in Fig. 9 and the gain
but the VSWR is higher than 2.0. The impedance matching of
is 12.3 dBi ± 0.7 dBi in 1.73-3.2 GHz.
ANT 1 at high frequency is effectively improved by fan-shaped
parasitic elements of ANT 2. After utilizing the metal cavity,
III. SIMULATED AND MEASURED RESULTS
the VSWR of ANT 3 in low frequency band is obviously
decreased, and the operating frequency is effectively widened The prototype of the presented broadband wide beamwidth
to 1.69-3.34 GHz. The VSWRs of ANT 4 and ANT 5 are antenna is shown in Fig. 10. The simulated and measured S-
similar to that of ANT 3. parameters are depicted in Fig. 11. The two ports have achieved
Fig. 6 shows the simulated radiation patterns of ANT 2-5 at a common operating frequency of 1.7-3.22 GHz (|S11| < -10 dB)
3.22 GHz when only port 1 is fed. As can be seen from Fig. 6, with a transmission coefficient of less than -29 dB.
compared with ANT 2, the HPBWs of E-plane is obviously When dipole 1 and dipole 2 work separately, the radiation
broadened by the metal cavity of ANT 3, but the FBRs of ANT patterns of dipole 1 are basically similar with dipole 2.
2 and ANT 3 are poor. Compared with ANT 3, the FBRs of Therefore, Fig. 12 shows the measured and simulated radiation
ANT 4 and ANT 5 are improved. Compared with ANT 4, the patterns of H-plane (XOZ plane) and E-plane (YOZ plane) at
advantage of ANT 5 in high frequency band is obvious. When 1.7 GHz, 2.46 GHz and 3.22 GHz when only port 1 is excited.
the antenna operates at 3.22GHz, the FBR of ANT 5 is 5.5 dB The peak gain of the antenna is 6.0 dB, 5.5 dB and 5.5 dB at 1.7
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TABLE I
GAIN, HPBWS, AND FBR OF THE PROPOSED ANTENNA
Fre. Gain(dB) Gain(±60°)(dB) HPBWs(°) FBR(dB)
(GHz) Sim. Mea. Sim. Mea. Sim. Mea. Sim. Mea.
E-plane 1.1/0.4 0.5/0.1 90 92 21.3 19.3
1.70 6.2 6.0
H-plane 1.8/1.8 1.4/1.1 96 93 21.3 22.9
E-plane 2.2/3.1 2.4/2.4 120 118 19.9 20.2
Port1 2.46 5.7 5.5
H-plane 0.5/0.5 1/0.7 92 99 19.9 18.4
Fig. 10. Prototype of the presented broadband wide beamwidth antenna. E-plane 2.1/0.9 1.5/0.1 91 93 20.6 23.6
3.22 5.8 5.5
H-plane 2.0/1.9 0.4/1.3 99 96 20.6 17.7
E-plane 0.9/0.3 0.3/0.1 90 91 21.4 21.0
1.70 6.2 6.1
H-plane 1.6/1.7 1.5/1.1 96 95 21.4 26.1
E-plane 2.3/3.1 2/3.3 120 125 19.7 19.2
Port2 2.46 5.7 5.4
H-plane 0.5/0.5 0.8/0.7 92 101 19.7 18.1
E-plane 2.5/0 1.5/0.2 91 91 18.7 17.8
3.22 5.6 5.4
H-plane 1.2/1.2 0.9/0.5 104 91 18.7 18.6
TABLE II
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DESIGNED ANTENNA AND SOME WIDE
BEAMWIDTH DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNAS
Fig. 11. Simulated and measured S-parameters of the antenna.
3 Bandwidth HPBWs(°) Isolation FBR
Ref. Polarization Dimension(λ0 )
(|S11|<-10dB) (E/H) (dB) (dB)
[6] LP 1.43×1.43×0.08 3.2% (2.48-2.56GHz) 107°/105° 32 20
48% (1.68-2.74GHz)
[8] LP 0.97×0.97×0.25 70°/70° 35 NG
(VSWR<1.5)
0.77×0.77×0.41 22.6% (3.25-4.08GHz) 83°/83° 22
[9] LP 31
1×1×0.53 19.6% (4.29-5.22GHz) 74°/133° 9
0.44×0.44×0.14 18.6% (3.22-3.88GHz) 106°/109° 19.8
[10] LP 34
0.59×0.59×0.18 10.5% (4.52-5.02GHz) 98°/97° 18.9
[11] CP 0.86×0.86×0.19 51% (3.2-5.4GHz) 108°/108° 16 NG
(a) This
LP 0.87×0.87×0.32 61.8% (1.7-3.22GHz) 90°/90° 29 17
work
IV. CONCLUSION
This letter introduces a broadband and wide beamwidth dual-
polarized orthogonal dipole antenna for 4G/5G communication.
The main radiation structure of the antenna is a deformed fan-
shaped dipole. The broadband and wide beamwidth
characteristics are obtained by adding deformed fan-shaped
(c) parasitic elements and a metal cavity with grooves on the side
wall below the orthogonal dipoles. The HPBWs achieves 90°×
90° at 1.7-3.22GHz. The gain is greater than 0 dBi in the range
Fig. 12. Measured and simulated radiation patterns of the antenna. (a) 1.7 of ± 60° pitch angle. The isolation between the two ports is
GHz. (b) 2.46 GHz. (c) 3.22 GHz. greater than 29 dB. The antenna studied in this letter has the
characteristics of broadband, wide beamwidth, and high gain at
GHz, 2.46 GHz and 3.22 GHz respectively. The HPBWs of H- low elevation angle. The antenna presented in this letter is a
plane and E-plane are greater than 90°. The gain is greater than0 suitable candidate antenna for communication between vehicles
dBi in the range of ± 60° pitch angle on both E-plane and H- and 4G/5G base stations for the above characteristics.
plane. The FBR is higher than 17 dB. Table I shows the above
electrical properties.
The comparison of the designed antenna and some wide
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