Dual-band (28/38 GHz) Yagi–Uda Antenna with Corrugated Radiator and Triangular Reflectors for 5G Mobile Phones

Authors

  • Asmaa E. Farahat Microwave Engineering Department Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, 11843, Egypt
  • Khalid F. A. Hussein Microwave Engineering Department Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, 11843, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2021.ACES.J.361009

Keywords:

MIMO, Yagi-Uda, spatial diversity.

Abstract

A novel printed design of a Yagi-Uda antenna is introduced for dual-band operation at 28/38 GHz. A corrugated strip dipole with a capacitively end-coupled extension strip is employed as the driven element. The proposed antenna has two triangular-shape reflectors and one director. The driven dipole is fed through a coaxial feed line constructed as three unequal length transition strips. A four-port MIMO antenna system constructed using the proposed Yagi-Uda is suggested for mobile phones. CST® simulator is used to study the effect of the different design parameters on the antenna gain and the operating bands. Numerical and experimental investigations are achieved to assess the performance of both the single-element antenna and the four-port MIMO antenna system. It is shown that the simulation results agree with the experimental measurements and both show good performance of the single antenna as well as the MIMO antenna system. The bandwidths achieved around 28 GHz and 38 GHz are about 4G Hz and 1.4 GHz, respectively. The gain of the antenna is about 9 and 10 dB at 28 and 38 GHz, respectively. The four antenna configuration shows radiation pattern diversity required for MIMO system. The envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) and the diversity gain (DG) are calculated and the results show that the proposed MIMO antenna system is suitable for the forthcoming 5G mobile communications.

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Author Biographies

Asmaa E. Farahat, Microwave Engineering Department Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, 11843, Egypt

Asmaa E. Farahat received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 2002 and 2006, respectively. She received the PhD in 2012, Ain Shams University. She is currently associate professor at the Department of Microwave Engineering at the Electronics Research Institute. She has work experience in scientific research for about 17 years. She has published more than 28 papers in international, regional, and local scientific journals and conferences. She has worked as secondary investigator for three research projects. Her research interests are in the areas of antennas, electromagnetic wave propagation, risk assessment of human exposure to microwave radiation, remote sensing systems, and radar systems.

Khalid F. A. Hussein, Microwave Engineering Department Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, 11843, Egypt

Khalid F.A. Hussein received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 1990, 1995, and 2001, respectively. He is currently a professor at the Department of Microwave Engineering at the Electronics Research Institute. He has work experience in scientific research for more than 30 years. He has more than 20 years’ experience in teaching in engineering colleges under many universities. He has supervised more than 70 doctoral and master theses. He has published more than 100 papers in international, regional, and local scientific journals and conferences. He has served as the Head of Microwave Engineering Department at the Electronics Research Institute for up to four years. He has been a Member of the Egyptian Space Program (currently the Egyptian Space Agency) for more than eight years. He has worked as Principal Investigator for four research projects and Head of Research Group in four other research projects. He designed and implemented several satellite antennas between prototypes and finished products. He has provided scientific consultations and conducted field measurements related to the design and distribution of mobile communication base station antennas for good signal coverage in behalf of many Egyptian and international companies. His research interests are in the areas of antennas, electromagnetic wave propagation, risk assessment of human exposure to microwave radiation, optical communications, photonics, quantum computing, radar systems, particularly ground penetrating radar (GPR), synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and remote sensing systems.

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Published

2021-11-23

How to Cite

[1]
A. E. . Farahat and K. F. A. . Hussein, “Dual-band (28/38 GHz) Yagi–Uda Antenna with Corrugated Radiator and Triangular Reflectors for 5G Mobile Phones”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 1325–1334, Nov. 2021.

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2021: Vol 36 Iss 10

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