Dual-Band Phased Array 5G Mobile-Phone Antenna with Switchable and Hemispherical Beam Pattern Coverage for MIMO-Diversity Communications

Authors

  • Naser Ojaroudi Parchin School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
  • Osama M. Dardeer Microstrip Department, Electronics Research Institute, Nozha, Cairo, Egypt
  • Ahmed S.I. Amar Air Defense College, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
  • Chan Hwang See School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
  • Raed Abd-Alhameed Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2021.ACES.J.361212

Keywords:

5G, dual-band patch antenna, hemispherical beam pattern coverage, mobile communications, phased array antenna.

Abstract

A new design of dual-band antenna array with 3D-coverage beam steering characteristic for millimeter-wave (MM-Wave) communications is proposed in this manuscript. The antenna covers frequency bands of 18 GHz and 28 GHz. Its configuration contains three subarrays of patch radiators along the edge area of the smart phone printed circuit board (PCB). Each sub-array contains eight elements of dual-band patch antennas with C-shaped slots. The resonant frequencies of the single element radiator can be adjusted by tuning the sizes of the embedded C-shaped slot and the main patch radiator. The beam-steerable antenna is designed on an N9000 PTFE dielectric. In order to achieve high gain beams and also for covering wider beam-steering area, each sub-array is deployed in different top-sides of the PCB with a dimension of 55××110 mm22. Using three uniform linear eight element sub-arrays, hemispherical beam pattern coverages can be achieved. The proposed antenna provides good performances in terms of gain, radiation and total efficiencies, and beam steering properties which make it suitable for use in the fifthgeneration (5G) mobile-phone platforms.

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Author Biographies

Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Naser Ojaroudi Parchinis currently an assistant professor (lecturer) at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Bradford, UK, where he was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and worked as a research fellow in SATNEX V project, funded by European Space Agency. From 2018 to 2020, he was a Marie Curie Research Fellow in H2020-ITN-SECRET project funded by EU Commission. He is author and coauthor of several book chapters, and more than 300 technical journals and conference papers with more than 5200 citations and 40 h-index. His research interests include antennas, phased arrays, MIMO systems, microwave components, and electromagnetic wave propagation.

Osama M. Dardeer, Microstrip Department, Electronics Research Institute, Nozha, Cairo, Egypt

Osama M. Dardeerwas born in 1987. He received the B.S. degree with honor from Menofia University, Egypt, in 2009. He received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Egypt in 2017. He received the PhD degree in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Egypt in 2021. He is currently an Assistant Researcher at Microstrip Department, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt. He has been a member of research projects funded from national agencies such as National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA). His research interests include UWB Antennas, Antennas for Mobile Generations, Band stop Filters, Radar Antenna Arrays, Power Dividers, RF Energy Harvesting, Internet of Things applications, and Optical Switching Networks.

Ahmed S.I. Amar, Air Defense College, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Ahmed S. I. Amar received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, in 2008, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2016. He is currently an Assistant Researcher at Electromagnetic Fields Department, ADR&D Center, Egypt, and aiming for getting a Ph.D. degree from Ain Shams University. His current research interests include Antennas, RF and Microwave Circuit Design, Power Amplifiers, and Millimeter-wave passive and active circuits Design.

Chan Hwang See, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

Chan H. See received a first class B.Eng. Honours degree in Electronic, Telecommunication andComputer Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bradford, UK. Currently, he is anAssociate Professor (Head of Electrical Engineering & Mathematics) in School of Engineering & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Previously, Mr. See was a Senior Lecturer (Programme Leader) in School of Engineering, University of Bolton, UK. His research interests cover wireless sensor network design, acoustic/microwave sensors, antennas and microwave circuits. He was awarded a certificate of excellence for his successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Yorkshire Water in 2009. He has published over 110 journal articles and over 130 conference papers. He is a co-author for one book and five book chapters. Dr. See is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Senior member IEEE, Fellow of the IET. He is also a Fellow of The FHEA, a full member of the EPSRC Review College, an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and an Editor for Peerj Computer Science, PLOS ONE and Wireless Power Transferjournals.

Raed Abd-Alhameed, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Raed Abd-Alhameed is a Professor of Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK. He has long years’ research experience in the areas of Radio Frequency, Signal Processing, propagations, antennas and computational techniques, and has published over 800 academic journal and conference papers; in addition He is the Principal Investigator for several funded applications to EPSRCs and leader of several successful knowledge Transfer Programs He was awarded the business Innovation Award for his successful KTP with Pace and Datong companies on the design and implementation of MIMO sensor systems and antenna array design for service localizations. He is also a research visitor for Wrexham University, Wales covering the wireless and communications research areas. His interests are in 5G Green Communications Systems, computational methods and optimizations, wireless and Mobile communications, sensor design, EMC, MIMO systems, beam steering antennas, Energy efficient PAs, RF pre distorter design applications. He is the Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Engineer.

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Published

2022-03-10

How to Cite

[1]
N. O. . Parchin, O. M. . Dardeer, A. S. . Amar, C. H. . See, and R. . Abd-Alhameed, “Dual-Band Phased Array 5G Mobile-Phone Antenna with Switchable and Hemispherical Beam Pattern Coverage for MIMO-Diversity Communications”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1602–1609, Mar. 2022.

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2021: Vol 36 Iss 12

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