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Design of Compact and Broadband Quasi-Yagi Antenna Using Balance Analysis of the Balun

발룬의 평형도 해석을 이용한 소형화된 광대역 Quasi-Yagi 안테나 설계

  • Woo, Dong Sik (School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyoungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, In-Bok (School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyoungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Gon (School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyoungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Kang Wook (School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyoungpook National University)
  • Received : 2012.10.19
  • Accepted : 2012.12.27
  • Published : 2013.01.30
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Abstract

In this paper, a compact, broadband quasi-Yagi antenna utilizing balance analysis of the ultra-wideband microstrip-to-coplanar stripline(MS-to-CPS) balun is proposed. The antenna size was reduced by removing the reflector on bottom layer and ground plane is used as a reflector. A planar balun that transforms from microstrip(MS) to balanced coplanar stripline(CPS) is characterized in the amplitude and phase imbalances at CPS output ports are investigated and discussed. As compared with the conventional balun, the proposed MS-to-CPS balun demonstrated very wideband performance from 7 to over 20 GHz. From the simulation study, amplitude and phase imbalances are within 1 dB and ${\pm}5^{\circ}$, respectively. The implemented antenna provides very wide bandwidth from 6.9 to 15.1 GHz(74.5 %). The gain of the antenna is from 3.7 to 5.5 dBi, the front-to-back ratio is more than 10 dB, and the nominal radiation efficiency is about 94 %.

본 논문에서는 초광대역 마이크로스트립-coplanar stripline(CPS) 발룬의 평형도 해석을 이용한 광대역 특성을 가지는 소형화된 quasi-Yagi 안테나를 제안하였다. 기존 구조의 밑면의 반사기를 제거하고, 접지면을 반사기로 사용하여 안테나 크기를 줄였다. 그리고 마이크로스트립 선로에서 평형 선로인 CPS로 변환해 주는 평면형 발룬의 특성을 확인하기 위해 CPS 출력 포트에서 크기 및 위상 불평형 특성을 조사하고 분석하여 광대역 안테나 급전에 적합함을 보였다. 해석 결과, 7~20 GHz 이상까지 각각 1 dB 이하, $180{\pm}5^{\circ}$ 이내의 크기 및 위상 불평형 특성을 얻었다. 제안된 발룬을 적용하여 최종 설계한 안테나는 6.9~15.1 GHz(74.5 %)의 넓은 주파수 대역폭을 가졌고, 이득은 3.7~5.5 dBi, 10 dB 이상의 전후방비, 그리고 방사 효율은 전 대역에서 평균적으로 94 %의 우수한 특성을 가졌다.

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