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dipoles are placed side-by-side at both sides of the SIC and they
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are compensated with each other to form an omni-directional
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pattern in horizontal plane. By properly combing the resonant
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frequencies of the dipoles and the SIC, a wide impedance
bandwidth from 24 to 29.5 GHz is achieved. To realize a large
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array while reducing the complexity, loss and size of the feeding
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network, a novel dual-port structure combined with radiation and
power splitting functions is proposed for the 1st time. The
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amplitude and phase on each element of the array can be tuned, systems due to the limited bandwidth. To overcome the
and therefore, the grating lobes level can be significantly reduced. bandwidth limitation, the International Telecommunication
Based on the dual-port structure, an 8-element array with an Union (ITU) has licensed several millimeter-wave (mm-Wave)
enhanced gain of over 12 dBi is designed and prototyped. The
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proposed antenna also features low profile, low weight and low
spectrums for the potential 5G and beyond applications,
including 24.25-27.5 GHz, 37-40 GHz and 66-76 GHz [1].
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high-gain array antenna has a broad bandwidth, omni-directional mm-Wave antennas, in both academia and industry.
pattern in horizontal plane, and low side-lobes. To realize the gigabit data rate while overcoming the high
loss in high frequency bands, several promising techniques,
Index Terms—Antenna, Array, broadband, broadcast, including high-gain array antennas and multibeam antennas
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Lg
via
Wp Lc
P2 P3
Lp
Ls3
Ls4
Ls2 P1
Dis (a) (b)
Fig. 3. Configurations of the SIC-based structures: (a) two-way power
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splitter, (b) proposed dual-dipole antenna.
Ls1
m
mm, Ls4 = 0.4 mm.
shows the configuration of the proposed broadband antenna
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element, which consists of two side-by-side dipoles and a
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(2-4 dBi), an array antenna with multiple elements along substrate integrated cavity (SIC) between them. The SIC serves
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vertical orientation is required to enhance the gain in horizontal as a two-way power splitter, which splits the input power
plane. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, very few evenly between the two dipoles. The square cavity is realized
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mm-wave array antennas with the omni-directional radiation by connecting the top and bottom metallic layers with a circle
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pattern in horizontal plane have ever been reported. In [19], a metallic via holes. A grounded coplanar waveguide (CPWG) is
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circular polarization omni-directional antenna element is used as the transformer between the microstrip line and the SIC
proposed for 5G applications. But it suffers from limited [20]. The dominant resonant frequency of the SIC can be
bandwidth (27-28.5 GHz) and complex geometry. derived by using the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
In this paper, a compact high-gain planar array antenna with
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methods [21],
omni-directional radiation in horizontal plane is proposed for
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horizontal plane by employing two side-by-side dipoles; (2) where Leff and Weff are the effective length and width of the
substrate integrated cavity (SIC) is adopted in the antenna cavity, 𝜀𝑟 is the relative dielectric constant of the substrate.
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design to realize the power divider and also the resonant Here, due to Leff = Weff in this design, the equation (1) can be
structure for enhancing the impedance bandwidth; (3) more simplified as,
importantly, a novel dual-port multi-functional structure which
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0 Ls1=0.6 mm
0 0 Ls2=0.8 mm
0
-50 Ls1=0.7 mm Ls2=0.9 mm
-5 Ls1=0.8 mm -5 Ls2=1.0 mm
-5
-100
S-parameters (dB)
Phase (degree)
-10 -10 -10
-150
S11 (dB)
S11 (dB)
-15 -200 -15 -15
S11
-20 S21 -250 S21 -20 -20
S31 S31
-25 -300 -25 -25
-30 -350
-30 -30
-400
-35 -35 -35
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz)
(a) (b) (a) (b)
0 Lp=1.9 mm
Dis=1.5 mm
Lp=2.0 mm
0 S11, two-way power-divider 0 Dis=1.6 mm
-5 Lp=2.1 mm
S11, antenna element Dis=1.7 mm
-5 -5
-10
S-parameters (dB)
-10
S11 (dB)
-10
-15
S11 (dB)
-15
-15
-20
-20
-20
-25
-25
-25
-30
-30
-30
m
-35
-35 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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-35 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Frequency (GHz) Frequency (GHz)
Frequency (GHz) (c) (d)
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(c) Fig. 5. Simulated S11 with different parameters changed: (a) length of the
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Fig. 4. Simulated S-parameters of the SIC-based power splitter and the grounded CPWG, Ls1; (b) length of the grounded CPWG, Ls2; (c) distance
proposed antenna element: (a) amplitudes of the power splitter, (b) phases of between the dipole and the SIC, Dis; (d) length of the dipole, Lp.
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the power splitter, (c) S11 comparison between the power splitter and the
antenna element in Fig. 3.
as the outputs. The grounded CPWG is used to transform the The impedance matching performance of the antenna is
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microstrip to the SIC. Here, P1 is the input, while P2 and P3 are mainly influenced by the grounded coplanar waveguide
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the two in-phase outputs. Because the splitter is symmetrical transformers between the SIC, the microstrip line, and the
along the x-axis, the input power can be evenly split between radiating dipoles. To illustrate it, parametric studies are carried
the two outputs. The operating frequency of the cavity is out and shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 5(a) and (b) show that the S11 of
determined by the dimension of the cavity, which can be the antenna is improved as the lengths of the grounded CPWG
ed d
evaluated using the equation (2). Compared with the power increase, denoted as Ls1 and Ls2 in Fig. 2. Besides, the distance
splitter, the antenna element is realized by cutting off the between the dipole and the cavity (denoted as Dis) and the
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ground of the two outputs and extending two arms from the length of the dipoles (denoted as Lp) also have an evident effect
ground plane of the cavity. The length of each arm is about a on the matching performance of the antenna, as shown in Fig.
quarter guided wavelength of the center frequency, 26 GHz. 5(c) and (d). It should be noted that the values of the Dis and Lp
Fig. 4 shows the simulated amplitude and phase properties of can directly lead to the change of the dipole’s resonant
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the S-parameters of the power splitter. As can be observed from frequency. When the resonant frequencies of the SIC and
Th
Fig. 4(a), the center frequency of the power splitter is designed dipoles are matched well, very good impedance matching
at 25.8 GHz and a -15dB bandwidth from 25 to 26.8 GHz is performance can be achieved.
achieved. The curve lines of the S21 and S31 are overlapped with Fig. 6(a) shows the simulated current distribution of the
each other over the entire frequency band, indicating the input antenna element at 26 GHz. It is observed that the current is
power can be evenly split between the two outputs (two dipoles distributed evenly on the two dipoles. For each dipole, the
for the antenna). Around the center frequency, |S21| and |S31| is currents on the two arms have the same orientation, generating
about 3.2 dB, indicating a very low insertion loss of 0.2 dB, the omnidirectional radiation pattern in the yz-plane. However,
even at mm-Wave frequency band. Viewing the results in Fig. due to the obstruction of the metallic SIC, the pattern in the
4(b), we can see a similar phenomenon that the two outputs opposite direction of the dipole is suppressed. This uneven
have the same phase characteristics. radiation can be compensated by employing two side-by-side
To further enhance the impedance bandwidth, the dipoles located both sides of the cavity. In this way, the
counterpart antenna is achieved by conceiving a direct coupling influence of the feeding networks on the radiation can be
between the dipoles and the SIC. This results in the 2nd-order eliminated and a good omnidirectional radiation pattern in the
resonant characteristics at the input and therefore an improved H-plane is realized, as shown in Fig. 6(b). In the E-plane
impedance bandwidth with two reflection zeros can be (xz-plane), a dumbbell-like radiation pattern is achieved.
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P2
Radiate out
I I
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(a)
H-plane
90 E-plane
10 120 60 P1
0 Fig. 8. Simulated current distribution of the proposed dual-port
-10 150 30 radiation/transmission unit.
-20
Gain (dBi)
-30
m
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-40 180 0 0
-30
co
-20 -3
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-10 210 330
0
S12 (dB)
-6
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10 240 300
270
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Lt=0.3 mm
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(b) Lt=0.5 mm
-12 Lt=0.7 mm
Fig. 6. (a) Simulated current distribution on the antenna element at 26 GHz;
Lt=0.9 mm
(b) simulated E- and H-plane radiation patters of the antenna.
-15
24 25 26 27 28 29
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Frequency (GHz)
P2
(a)
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Radiation Efficiency (%)
80
Lt
60
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40
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Lt=0.3 mm
20 Lt=0.5 mm
Lt=0.7 mm
Lt=0.9mm
0
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23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Frequency (GHz)
P1 Fig. 9. Simulated S21 and radiation power of the dual-port unit with different
Th
Fig. 7. Configuration of the proposed dual-port radiation/transmission unit. Lt: (a) S21, (b) radiation power.
transmitted to the two dipoles for radiation, and the rest power
C. Dual-Port Radiation/Transmission Module
is transmitted through the SIC and output from P2. This
To realize a large array antenna, a conventional large dual-port radiation/transmission module can handle the
multi-way power splitter is required [24]. This is usually a very radiation and power splitting without increasing the complexity
challenging task for the omni-directional antenna array of the design. To illustrate it, the current distribution of the
antenna, since a large feeding network will block the radiation dual-port module at 26 GHz is shown in Fig. 8. As can be seen,
in some directions, especially at mm-Wave frequencies, where a part of the input power is evenly radiated out via the two
the feed is electrically large. To overcome this problem, a novel dipoles. The rest of the power is output from the P2, which can
dual-port compact module, which combines the functions of be served as the input of another antenna element. Also, we can
radiating and power splitting simultaneously, is proposed, as observe that the current intensity at the output is noticeably
shown in Fig. 7. This multifunctional module is developed from reduced as compared with the current at the input.
the element in Fig. 2 with an additional output (P2) on the Since the dual-port unit combines the functions of radiation
opposite side of input. The input power from the P1 is partly and transmission of the input power, it is important to
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TABLE I Co-pol
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRANSMITION COEFFICIENT TO 90 Cross-pol
10 120 60
RADIATION EFFICIENCY DEPENDENT ON CPWG LENGTH
0
Lt Radiation Transmission Total efficiency -10 150 30
(mm) efficiency (%) coefficient (%) (%) -20
Gain (dBi)
0.1 79% 19.5% 98.5% -30
-40 180 0
0.2 74% 23.2% 97.2%
-30
0.3 70% 28.5% 98.5% -20
0.4 65% 32.6% 97.6% -10 210 330
Gain (dBi)
-30
-40 180 0
-30
m
-20
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-10 210 330
co
0
10 240 300
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270
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(b)
Fig. 11. Simulated radiation patters of the 1 × 2 subarray at 26 GHz: (a)
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Ld
D. Subarray
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Port Based on the studies of the antenna element and the dual-port
Fig. 10. (a) Configuration of the 1 × 2 subarray, (b) Simulated current module, a 1 × 2 subarray operating at 26 GHz is first
distribution of the subarray at 26 GHz. Ld = 8 mm, Lex = 1 mm. investigated by simply connecting them using a microstrip, as
shown in Fig. 10(a). The distance between the two elements, Ld,
ed d
understand how to control the proportion of the power for is set as 8 mm, which is around 0.7 wavelengths at 26 GHz. A
radiating out and the power for transmitting at the output. To meandered microstrip line is used to connect the output of the
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illustrate it, a parametric study has been carried out, which radiation/transmission module with the input of the other
shows that the length of the grounded CPWG between the antenna element. The length of the microstrip line is used to
cavity and P2 has a significant influence on the power control the phase delay between the two elements and thus
distribution, denoted as Lt in Fig. 7. Fig. 9(a) shows the
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results show that the power transmitted from the P1 to the P2 subarray at 26 GHz. It is observed that the antenna has the
increases as Lt increases from 0.3 mm to 0.9 mm. in-phase current distribution on the two sets of dipoles, which
Correspondingly, the power radiating out from the dipoles is results in an enhanced directivity in the far-field. Moreover, the
reduced from 80% to 45%. Thus, the proportion of the radiation strength of the current on the two elements are almost identical,
power and transmission power can be easily controlled by which is realized by adjusting the length of Lt, as indicated in
adjusting the length of Lt. This fact is very useful in the array Table I. Since traditional two-way power splitting networks and
antenna design, which will be detailed in the following parts. impedance transformers are not needed in this design, the size
To support the array antenna design in the next section, the and complexity of the subarray are significantly reduced.
proportion of the radiation power, transmission power and the Moreover, because the microstrip transmission line is placed
total efficiency of the dual-port module variation with different between the radiation elements, the blockage of the feeding
networks on the radiation pattern can be avoided. It should be
Lt is extracted through the HFSS full-wave simulation and
noted that there are some current flowing along both edges of
summarized in Table-I. As Lt increases from 0.1 mm to 1 mm,
the copper plane outside the cavity, which is mainly induced by
the proportion of the radiation power decreases from 79% to
the radiating dipoles on both sides.
35%. In contrast, the proportion of transmission between the Fig. 11 shows the simulated co- and cross-polarization
two ports is increased from 19.5% to 56.6%. The total radiation patterns in E and H-plane, respectively. It is observed
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Port
Lt3
Lt2
Lt1
(a)
Port
(b)
Fig. 12. Configurations of the proposed antenna arrays: (a) 1 × 4 subarray, (b) 1 × 8 array. Lt1 = 0.9 mm, Lt2 = 0.7 mm, Lt3 = 0.5 mm.
m
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co
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Port
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Fig. 13. Simulated current distribution of the proposed antenna arrays at 26 GHz.
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that the subarray exhibits a good omni-directional radiation
performance in the H-plane (yz-plane). In the E-plane IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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(xz-plane), the antenna exhibits a dumbbell-like radiation The proposed 1 × 8 array antenna was prototyped and shown
pattern with a gain of 7 dBi. Besides, the antenna exhibits a
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on the elements and subarrays proposed, as shown in Fig. 12(b). reasonably well with each other, showing a broad impedance
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The 1 × 8 array is composed of two 1 × 4 subarrays, which is bandwidth from 24 to over 29 GHz. The minor discrimination
shown in Fig. 12(a). For each 1 × 4 subarray, four antenna between the simulation and measurement is caused by the
elements are connected in series without incurring bulky
fabrication tolerance and the influence of the high-frequency
feeding networks. To produce a good radiation performance
connector.
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co,simulated
yz-plane
cross,simulated
90 co,measured
0 120 60 cross,measured
-10
m
S-parameters (dB)
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Normalized Gain (dBi)
-30
co
-40
270 90
eH w
-20 -40
-30
o.
-20 240 120
-30
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0 210 150
180
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 (b)
Frequency (GHz)
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90 co,measured
15 1.0 0 60 cross,measured
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120
-10
10 0.9
Normalized Gain (dBi)
-20 150 30
Radiation efficiency
Antenna gain (dBi)
-30
5 0.8
-40
180 0
ed d
0.7 -40
0 gain, simulated
-30
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0.4
24.5 25.0 25.5 26.0 26.5 27.0 27.5 28.0 28.5 (c)
Fig. 17. Simulated and measured normalized radiation patterns of the
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Frequency (GHz) array antenna at 26 GHz, (a) yz-plane, (b) xy-plane, and (c) xz-plane.
Fig. 16. Simulated and measured antenna gain and radiation efficiency.
power splitting network between them. Omni-directional
(yz-plane). In the E-plane (xy-plane and xz-plane), the antenna radiation in horizontal plane is achieved over a broad
exhibits the maximum radiation in the horizontal plane. The bandwidth thanks to the integrated design of dual-dipole and
measured 3-dB beam-width is 13.3o and the sidelobes are lower SIC. In addition, a novel multi-functional module which
than -15 dB. The measured XPD in main beams direction is combines the functions of radiation and transmission is put
forward and studied carefully. The methods of controlling the
over 20 dB.
proportion of radiating power and transmission power are
investigated for the 1st time. To validate the concept, an
8-element array antenna with the gain of over 11 dBi is realized
V. CONCLUSION
without resorting a large feeding network. Such a compact,
In this paper, a compact linear sub-millimeter-wave array low-profile, planar antenna could significantly reduce the
antenna with enhanced gain and omni-directional radiation is manufacturing and installation cost in the potential 5G
proposed for 5G broadcast applications. The proposed antenna applications. The antenna is prototyped and tested and
is realized by using two side-by-side dipoles and a SIC-based measured results agree well with the simulations.
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antennas for mobile and satellite communications, propagation University of Kent, UK. His research
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modelling from a few MHz to tens of GHz, multiple input
multiple output (MIMO), ultra-wideband (UWB), smart radio array, small antennas, MIMO,
broadband and multi-band antennas, RF
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frequency identification (RFID).
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small satellites and radars. He co-edited/co-authored 3 books
including “Space Antenna Handbook” (Wiley, 2012),
“Circularly Polarized Antennas”
(Wiley-IEEE, 2014), “Low-Cost Smart Antennas” (Wiley,
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