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A study of a planar active phased array antenna using two-dimensionally coupled slot-lines (이차원 슬롯라인 결합을 이용한 이차원 능동 위상배열 안테나에 관한 연구)

  • 이태윤;김준모;윤영중
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.1963-1970
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, a two-dimensional slotline coupling structure is proposed for the planar active phased array antenna system with scanning the beam by coupled oscillators without phase shifters. The operating characteristics are analyzed and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed two-dimensional slotline coupling structure consists of $|{=}|$-type slotline in the ground plane for the coupling of E-plane and H-plane. From the simulation results of coupling strength with the variation of width, length and the number of slotlines, the optimal coupling structure is proposed and applied to $2{\times}5$ elements of planear phased array antenna. The experimental results show that the beamwidth of E-plane and H-pland are $42^{\circ}$ and $15^{\circ}$, respectivly, and the scanning range is from $-20^{\circ}$ to $15^{\circ}$ from the broadside. Therefore, it is shown the two-dimensional slotline coupling structure for oscillator-type active phased array antenna can be applied to the planar phased array antenna system.

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The Auto-Tracking Communication Link Using Planar Active Rectrodirective Array

  • Kim, Gi-Rae
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, a planar active retrodirective four-element array with subharmonic phase conjugation mixers based on anti-parallel diode pairs (APDPs) is designed, and its application in the auto-tracking duplex communication link is presented. As compared to previous phase conjugation mixers using twice RF frequency for LO frequency, the proposed conjugation mixers need only half RF frequency so that it can be easily applied for millimeter-wave applications. The proposed architecture, which conventionally performs the function of the transmission of an incident signal back in the direction of its source, is modified in order to include a receive function. Experimental verification of these architectures is performed at 1GHz and the results from the prototypes are compared with a theoretical model.

Equivalence Between Two Orthogonal Oriented Circular Loops and Planar Inveryed-F Antenna Array (직교형 원형 루프 안테나와 역 에프형 배열구조의 등가성 분석)

  • Kim, Jong-Sung;Park, Seung-Mo;Choi, Won-Kyu;Seong, Nak-Seon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2005
  • Two planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) arrays are proposed as an alternative model to generate input and radiation characteristics of two orthogonal oriented circular loops, which has polarization diversity, but inherent mechanical instability of two orthogonal loops, in particular, in installation and operation conditions. Two $1\times2$ PIFA sub-arrays are orthogonally placed on a ground plane and two different feeding networks are applied to control horizontal and vertical radiation current flows for each sub-array, respectively. Equivalence of scattering parameters and radiation patterns between two antennas are validated by the available commercial simulator.

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A Study on Characteristics of Null Pattern Synthesis Algorithm Using Quantum-inspired Evolutionary Algorithm (양자화 진화알고리즘을 적용한 널 패턴합성 알고리즘의 특성 연구)

  • Seo, Jongwoo;Park, Dongchul
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.492-499
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    • 2016
  • Null pattern synthesis method using the Quantum-inspired Evolutionary Algorithm(QEA) is described in this study. A $12{\times}12$ planar array antenna is considered and each element of the array antenna is controlled by 6-bit phase shifter. The maximum number of iteration of 500 is used in simulation and the rotation angle for updating Q-bit individuals is determined to make the individual converge to the best solution and is summarized in a look-up table. In this study we showed that QEA can satisfactorily synthesize the null pattern using smaller number of individuals compared with the conventional Genetic Algorithm.

Design of Antenna Array and Hybrid Receiver in Sidehaul System (사이드홀 시스템에서 안테나 배열 설계 및 하이브리드 수신기)

  • Moon, Sangmi;Choe, Hun;Chu, Myeonghun;Kim, Daejin;Kim, Cheol-Sung;Hwang, Intae
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.10-22
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    • 2015
  • Recently, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has developed sidehaul system to cope with the explosively increasing mobile data traffic. The sidehaul system is based on single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FMDA) due to its low peak to average power ratio (PAPR). Also, antenna array is designed to support multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a restricted space. In this paper, we design the antenna array about uniform linear array (ULA), uniform circular array (UCA) and uniform planar array (UPA), and analysis the performance in sidehaul system. In addition, we propose the novel hybrid receiver full suppression cancellation (FSC) to reduce the interference from neighbor cell in sidehaul system. The proposed receiver can suppress and cancel the interference by combining interference rejection combining (IRC) with successive interference cancellation (SIC).

Performance of a Planar Leaky-Wave Slit Antenna for Different Values of Substrate Thickness

  • Hussain, Niamat;Kedze, Kam Eucharist;Park, Ikmo
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.202-207
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents the performance of a planar, low-profile, and wide-gain-bandwidth leaky-wave slit antenna in different thickness values of high-permittivity gallium arsenide substrates at terahertz frequencies. The proposed antenna designs consisted of a periodic array of $5{\times}5$ metallic square patches and a planar feeding structure. The patch array was printed on the top side of the substrate, and the feeding structure, which is an open-ended leaky-wave slot line, was etched on the bottom side of the substrate. The antenna performed as a Fabry-Perot cavity antenna at high thickness levels ($H=160{\mu}m$ and $H=80{\mu}m$), thus exhibiting high gain but a narrow gain bandwidth. At low thickness levels ($H=40{\mu}m$ and $H=20{\mu}m$), it performed as a metasurface antenna and showed wide-gain-bandwidth characteristics with a low gain value. Aside from the advantage of achieving useful characteristics for different antennas by just changing the substrate thickness, the proposed antenna design exhibited a low profile, easy integration into circuit boards, and excellent low-cost mass production suitability.

Wideband Rectangular Planar Monopole Antenna for OAM Wave Generation

  • Qasem, Nidal;Alamayreh, Ahmad
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2021
  • Generating electromagnetic waves with Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) properties is a fast-growing research subject in both radio and optics. This paper describes the generation of OAM carrying waves using a circular array of rectangular planar monopole antennas. The proposed design combines simplicity, compactness, and most importantly very wideband of operating frequencies (about 20-160 GHz, bandwidth ratio about 1:8) which makes it suitable for future applications.

Cascade AOA Estimation Using Uniform Rectangular Array Antenna (등간격 사각 배열 안테나를 적용한 캐스케이드 도래각 추정)

  • Kim, Tae-Yun;Hwang, Suk-Seung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.923-930
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    • 2018
  • In the wireless communication system based on an array antenna, the angle of arrival (AOA) information of signal is very important element and various AOA estimation algorithms have been studied. Although most AOA estimation algorithms employ the uniform linear array (ULA), some algorithms apply the planar array (PA) antenna. In this paper, we present an algorithm for efficiently estimating AOAs of adjacent multiple signals, based on the uniform rectangular array antenna. This approach has two steps; after approximately estimating AOA groups consisting of the closely located signal sources using CAPON, accurately estimating the individual AOA of each signal in the estimated AOA group using Beamsapce MUSIC. The estimation performance of the presented cascade AOA algorithm is illustrated through the computer simulation example.

Optimal Inter-Element Spacing of FD-MIMO Planar Array in Urban Macrocell with Elevation Channel Modelling

  • Abubakari, Alidu;Raymond, Sabogu-Sumah;Jo, Han-Shin
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.4759-4780
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    • 2017
  • Full Dimension multiple input multiple output (FD-MIMO) architecture employs a planar array design at the Base Station (BS) to provide high order multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) via simultaneous data transmission to large number of users. With FD-MIMO, the BS can also adjust the beam direction in both elevation and azimuth direction to concentrate the energy on the user of interests while minimizing the interference leakage to co-scheduled users in the same cell or users in the neighboring cells. In a typical highly populated macrocell environment, modelling the elevation angular characteristics of three-dimensional (3D) channel is critical to understanding the performance limits of the FD-MIMO system. In this paper, we study the throughput performance of FD-MIMO system with varying elevation angular spread and inter-element spacing using a 3D spatial channel model. Our results show that for a typical urban scenario, horizontal beamforming with correlated antenna spacing achieves optimal performance but by restricting the spread of elevation angles of departure, elevation beamforming achieves high array gain with wide inter-element spacing. We also realize significant gains due to spatial array processing via modelling the elevation domain and varying the inter-element spacing for both the transmitter and receiver.