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Isolation Enhancement between Two Dual-Band Microstrip Patch Antennas Using EBG Structure without Common Ground Plane

독립된 접지면을 갖는 EBG 구조를 이용한 이중 대역 마이크로스트립 패치 안테나 사이의 격리도 향상

  • Choi, Won-Sang (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Lee, Hong-Min (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University)
  • 최원상 (경기대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 이홍민 (경기대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.25
  • Accepted : 2012.03.07
  • Published : 2012.03.31
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Abstract

In order to enhance the isolation level between two dual-band E-slot microstrip patch antennas, EBG structure which operates in UMTS Tx(1.92~1.98 GHz) and Rx(2.11~2.17 GHz) band is proposed. The proposed EBG structure made with a periodic array of two different size EBG unit cells which has a modified mushroom-type for isolation improvement between two antennas. They do not share a common ground plane of the microstrip patch antenna. Overall size of the fabricated antenna is $210.5mm{\times}117mm$. The two different EBG unit cell sizes are $15.6mm{\times}4mm$ and $17.4mm{\times}4mm$, respectively. It was etched on the FR-4 substrate(thickness=3.93 mm, ${\varepsilon}_r$=4.6). The experiment results show that the isolation level between antennas in Tx/Rx band were improved by about 9 dB and 12 dB, respectively, through the use of the proposed EBG structure.

본 논문에서는 UMTS Tx 대역(1.92~1.98 GHz)과 Rx 대역(2.11~2.17 GHz)에서 동작하는 이중 대역 E 슬롯 마이크로스트립 패치 안테나 사이의 격리도 향상을 위한 EBG 구조를 제안하였다. 제안된 EBG 구조는 이중 대역에서 두 안테나 사이의 격리도를 향상시키기 위하여 서로 다른 크기의 변형된 버섯 모양(mushroom-type) 구조로 단위 셀들을 배열하였다. 제안된 구조는 패치 안테나와 접지 면을 공유하지 않으며, 설계되어진 단위 셀의 크기는 각각 $15.6mm{\times}4mm$, $17.4mm{\times}4mm$이다. 제안된 안테나의 전체 크기는 $210.5mm{\times}117mm$이고, FR-4(비유전율=4.6, 기판 두께= 3.93 mm) 기판 상에 설계되어졌다. 제작된 안테나의 측정 결과, 제안된 EBG 구조의 사용으로 UMTS Tx 대역과 Rx 대역에서 각각 9 dB, 12 dB의 격리도 향상을 나타내었다.

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