Design and Fabrication of Waveguide Slot Antenna Using 3D Printing for 5G Application

Authors

  • Hatem O. Hanoosh 1)Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia 2)Department of Computer Techniques Engineering, College of Information Technology, Imam Ja’afar Al-Sadiq University, Samawah, 66001, Al Muthanna, Iraq
  • M. K. A. Rahim Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia
  • N. A. Murad Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia
  • Yaqdhan M. Hussein 1) Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia 2)Information Technology and Communication (ITC), Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Sammawah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.371107

Keywords:

3D printing, add electromagnetic modeling and simulation, multi-beams, slots antenna, waveguide

Abstract

This research constructs a 26 GHz waveguide slot antenna with decent gain. The application of millimeter-wave requires high bandwidth and gain to increase the traffic and users for millimeter-wave and 5G technology. The application of millimeter waves requires a high gain and bandwidth to achieve the requirements of traffic and users increasing for 5G technology and existing millimeter-wave. High-gain and power handling are provided by waveguide slot antennas. Three waveguide structures which are two waveguide antennae and a waveguide horn have been simulated by using CST and fabricated by a 3D printer. The tilt technique has been used with a waveguide to increase the bandwidth and gain of an antenna. A waveguide with broad wall tilt slots has one diction beam while a waveguide with broad and narrow wall tilt slots has two direction beams, each length of the wall enough to distribute six symmetric tilt slots. The gain of 14.3 dB and 1.9 GHz bandwidth are recorded for an antenna with broad wall tilt slots with one beam. While the waveguide with broad and narrow wall tilt slots achieved a gain of 13.9dB and a bandwidth of 1.9 GHz. The proposed antenna is a decent candidate for use with millimeter waves.

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Author Biographies

Hatem O. Hanoosh, 1)Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia 2)Department of Computer Techniques Engineering, College of Information Technology, Imam Ja’afar Al-Sadiq University, Samawah, 66001, Al Muthanna, Iraq

Hatem O. Hanoosh was born in Samawah, Iraq, in 1991. He received the B.S. degree in computer techniques engineering in 2014-2015 from Islamic University College, Najaf City. He received the M.S. degree in electronic engineering (telecommunication system) from University Technical Malaysia Melaka (UTEM), Malaysia, in 2018, respectively, and he is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering with University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru City. His current research interests include millimeter-wave antennas, base station antennas, waveguide slot antennas and Nolen matrix.

M. K. A. Rahim, Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia

M. K. A. Rahim received the B.Eng. degree in electrical & electronics from the University of Strathclyde, U.K., in 1987. He received the M.Eng. degree in science from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1992 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of Birmingham, U.K., in 2003.He is a Professor in RF & Microwave and Antenna at School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His research interest includes the areas of radio frequency, microwave and antennas. He has been awarded with top research publication in 2015, 2017, and 2020. In 2018, he was honored as “Tokoh Penyelidik” at CITRA KARISMA UTM, and in the same year, he was awarded with Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM) award by Academy Science of Malaysia.

N. A. Murad, Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia

N. A. Murad received her first degree, Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical – Telecommunications), in 2001 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Shortly after graduation, she served UTM as a tutor. She graduated with Master of Engineering (Electrical) in 2003 from the same university and has been appointed as a Lecturer in April 2003. She joined Emerging Device Technology Group, University of Birmingham, U.K., and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 2011 for research on micromachined millimeterwave circuits. She attached to HID GLOBAL Sdn Bhd for one year under Research and Development specifically working on RFID tag design, testing, and development. Her research interests include antenna design for RF and microwave communication systems, millimeter-wave circuits design, RFID, and antenna beamforming. Currently, she is a senior member of IEEE (MIEEE), MBOT Professional Technologist, and an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Yaqdhan M. Hussein, 1) Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Malaysia 2)Information Technology and Communication (ITC), Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Sammawah, Iraq

Yaqdhan M. Hussein was born in Samawah, Iraq, in 1991. He received the B.S. degree in computer techniques engineering in 2014-2015 from Islamic University College, Najaf city, and the M.S. degree in electronic engineering (telecommunication system) from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia, in 2018, respectively, and he is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru city. His current research interests include millimeter-wave antennas, base station antennas, and SIW technology with butler matrix.

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2022-11-30

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H. O. . Hanoosh, M. K. A. . Rahim, N. A. . Murad, and Y. M. . Hussein, “Design and Fabrication of Waveguide Slot Antenna Using 3D Printing for 5G Application”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1162–1169, Nov. 2022.

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2022: Vol 37 Iss 11

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