Publication: Dual-Polarized Highly Folded Bowtie Antenna With Slotted Self-Grounded Structure for Sub-6 GHz 5G Applications
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2022-04-07
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In this communication, a novel dual-polarized highly folded
self-grounded Bowtie antenna that is excited through I-shaped slots
is proposed for applications in sub-6 GHz 5G multiple-input-multipleoutput
(MIMO) antenna systems. The antenna consists of two pairs of
folded radiation petals whose base is embedded in a double layer of FR-4
substrate with a common ground-plane which is sandwiched between the
two substrate layers. The ground-plane is defected with two I-shaped slots
located under the radiation elements. Each pair of radiation elements are
excited through a microstrip line on the top layer with RF signal that is
180º out of phase with respect to each other. The RF signal is coupled
to the pair of feedlines on the top layer through the I-shaped slots from
the two microstrip feedlines on the underside of the second substrate.
The proposed feed mechanism gets rid of the otherwise bulky balun.
The Bowtie antenna is a compact solution with dimensions of 32 × 32 ×
33.8 mm3.Measured results have verified that the antenna operates over a
frequency range of 3.1–5 GHz and exhibits an average gain and antenna
efficiency in the vertical and horizontal polarizations of 7.5 dBi and
82.6%, respectively.
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5G applications, Bowtie antenna, Dual-polarized, I-shaped slot, Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO), Slotted selfgrounded structure, Sub-6 GHz
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Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Shukla, P., Mansouri Moghaddam, S., Zaman, A. U., Shafqaat, S., Akinsolu, M. O., Liu, B., Yang, J., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2022). Dual-Polarized Highly Folded Bowtie Antenna With Slotted Self-Grounded Structure for Sub-6 GHz 5G Applications. In IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (Vol. 70, Issue 4, pp. 3028–3033). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).