Analysis and design of a 3.5-GHz patch antenna for WiMAX applications

Cirik F., Yildirim B. S.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.63-70, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s1759078714001238
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.63-70
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Microstrip antenna, High-gain antenna, Parasitic radiator, Electromagnetic simulations
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A high-gain microstrip patch-type WiMAX antenna operating at 3.5 GHz has been designed with a parasitic radiator and a raised ground plane. Antenna design has been carried out through extensive three-dimensional electromagnetic simulations. The patch antenna itself provides a realized gain of about 3.6 dB at 3.5 GHz. When a parasitic radiator is placed on top of the patch antenna, the gain increases from about 3.6 dB to about 7.4 dB. The raised ground plane further enhances the gain by about 1.5 dB. Hence the overall gain improvement is about 5.3 dB without the need of a radio-frequency amplifier.