A Dual-Array Antenna System for 5G Millimeter-Wave Applications

Authors

  • Hafiz Usman Tahseen School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
  • Lixia Yang Department of Communication Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
  • Wang Hongjin School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2021.ACES.J.361008

Keywords:

IoT (internet of things), antenna array, millimeter-wave (mm-Wave).

Abstract

Millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) technology has opened a new era of wireless communication systems in various fields like automotive, mobile devices, Internet of Things (IoT), military, medical, and others. The benefit of adopting the unconventional frequency spectrum of large bandwidth under an mm-Wave spectrum is the availability of large bandwidth and lesser chances of interferences from various technologies. In the recent 5G communication systems either cellular or other wireless applications, many researchers have focused on mm-Wave antennas and arrays. In this paper, a dual-array antenna system is designed for various 5G mm-Wave wireless applications. It has two arrays on the same substrate edges with a series feed line compact technique. The profile antenna system has two 1×16 arrays on the same substrate edges. Each array gives 17.3 dB and 16.4 dB simulated and measured gains and impedance bandwidth 31.30 GHz to 39 GHz at 38 GHz center frequency. The feature to use both arrays at the same time for two different applications within the operational band for same or different center frequencies makes this proposed dual-array antenna system a good candidate for 5G mm-Wave wireless IoT and broadcast applications.

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Author Biographies

Hafiz Usman Tahseen, School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

Hafiz Usman Tahseen was born in 1983 in Pakistan. He completed his graduation and then Masters in Electronic Engineering in 2017 from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan. He further completed his Ph.D. in Communication Engineering in 2021 from Jiangsu University, China. He is now with the School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Jiangsu University, China.

Lixia Yang, Department of Communication Engineering Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China

Lixia Yang born in Ezhou, Hubei, China, in 1975. He received his B.S. degree in Physics from Hubei University, Wuhan, China, in 1997, and Ph.D. degree in Radiophysics from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2007. Since 2010, he has been an Associate Professor with the Communication Engineering Department, Jiangsu University. During 2010–2011, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Electro Science Laboratory (ESL), The Ohio State University. During 2015–2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Institute of Space Science, The University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA. Since 2016, he has been a Professor, a Ph.D. Supervisor, and the Chairman of the Communication Engineering Department, Jiangsu University. He is the author of a book and more than 100 articles, and has more than 10 inventions in his name. He holds four patents. His research interests include wireless communication technique, radio sciences, computational electromagnetics, and the antenna theory and design in wireless communication systems. He is a member of the Editor Board of Radio Science Journal in China.

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Published

2021-11-23

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[1]
H. U. Tahseen, L. . Yang, and W. . Hongjin, “A Dual-Array Antenna System for 5G Millimeter-Wave Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 1319–1324, Nov. 2021.

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2021: Vol 36 Iss 10

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