Study of the Combination Method and Its Application to Shrink a Patch Antenna Operating in the UHF Band

Authors

  • Qianling Huang School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Xiaofei Xu 1) School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China 2) Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8745-7756
  • Ruiheng Zhang School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.370209

Keywords:

Combination method, patch antenna, small-sized, UHF band

Abstract

This work is focused on how to efficiently shrink a patch antenna operating in the UHF band. Five typical independent methods are first introduced that were solely used to realize a small patch antenna. A potential combination method is further discussed utilizing two or more of these five methods. One miniature patch antenna is experimentally demonstrated operating at 735 MHz using the combination method, in which both of shorting wall and complementary split ring resonators are applied in a reconciling way. A two-step optimization procedure is given to show how the antenna sizes can be significantly reduced with this combination method. The antenna is fabricated on a simple dielectric with a low εεrr of 2.2. The patch size is only 0.127λλ ×× 0.123λλ. The antenna efficiency is considerably high as 77% in measurement.

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Author Biographies

Qianling Huang, School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Qianling Huang was born in Nantong, China, in 1996. She received the M.S. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, in 2020.Her research interest includes antenna miniaturization technology and electromagnetic metamaterials

Xiaofei Xu, 1) School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China 2) Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai

Xiaofei Xu received the B.S. degree in 2007 and the Ph.D. degree in 2011, both from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.He is currently with the School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.Dr. Xu’s research areas include electromagnetics, antennas, and microwave technology. He has authored more than 50 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He also serves a number of journals and society workshops as the reviewer or organizer.

Ruiheng Zhang, School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Ruiheng Zhang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1995. He received the M.S. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, in 2020.

His current research interest includes antenna and RF technology for base stations and terminals for fifth-generation (5G) communications.

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2022-02-28

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Q. . Huang, X. . Xu, and R. . Zhang, “Study of the Combination Method and Its Application to Shrink a Patch Antenna Operating in the UHF Band”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 02, pp. 209–214, Feb. 2022.

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2022: Vol 37 Iss 2

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