Analysis of Super-Solar Integrated Patch Antenna for Sub-6 GHz and Beyond 6 GHz Millimeter Wave 5G Applications

Authors

  • Suresh Babu T. Naganathan Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu-603 319, India
  • Sivakumar Dhandapani Department of Computer Science and Engineering, AMET University, Kanathur-603 112, Tamilnadu, India
  • Thirumaraiselvan Packirisamy Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu-603 319, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.371004

Keywords:

5G applications, integrated antennas, mm-wave, patch antennas, solar cell

Abstract

This article describes a new compact parasitic patch-loaded transparent patch antenna with a copper ground plane for wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) and 5thgeneration (5G) millimeter-wave (mm-wave) applications. The proposed antenna uses two rectangular parasitic patches with a rectangular main radiation patch. The L-shaped strips are also added to the main radiation patch and one of the rectangular parasitic patches to cover both the sub-6 GHz and beyond 6 GHz mm-wave 5G frequency spectrums. The same transparent patch antenna with a solar ground plane is built, and its effect is parametrically studied alongside the integration of a polycrystalline silicon solar cell. The proposed antennas with a dimension of 42x30x2 mm23 are fabricated and experimentally validated for impedance and radiation characteristics. In terms of impedance bandwidth, the proposed copper ground plane antenna offers 36.89% (5.04-7.32 GHz), 5.15% (14.35-15.11 GHz), 6.23% (27.08-28.79 GHz), and 21.34% (31.64-39.81 GHz). The solar cell serves as both a photovoltaic generator and the ground plane of the transparent antenna. The same radiating patch with a solar ground plane offers impedance bandwidth of 36.03% (4.47-6.56 GHz), 14.4% (9.6-11.12 GHz), 2.55% (22.14-22.71 GHz), and 27.9% (28.79-39.05 GHz) for 5G applications.

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Author Biographies

Suresh Babu T. Naganathan, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu-603 319, India

Suresh Babu T. Naganathan received a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India, in 1997 and an M.E. degree in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, India, in 2009, respectively. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Tamilnadu, India. His research interests include those in the areas of electromagnetics, antenna design, and wave propagation.

Sivakumar Dhandapani, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, AMET University, Kanathur-603 112, Tamilnadu, India

Sivakumar Dhandapani received a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras, India, in 1995, an M.E. degree in Process Control and Instrumentation from Annamalai University, India, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in Faculty of Information and Communication from Anna University, India, in 2010, respectively. He is now a Professor at AMET University, Tamil Nadu, India.

Thirumaraiselvan Packirisamy, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu-603 319, India

Thirumaraiselvan Packirisamy received B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Allagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi in 1992 and M.E. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Multimedia University, Malaysia in 2006. He completed Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering at Anna University, Chennai in 2018. He has more than 30 years of experience in teaching and research and currently working as Professor in Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur. His research interests include Wireless Communication, Body Area Networks, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Biomedical Engineering. He has published several research papers in reputed journals and international conferences.

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S. B. T. . Naganathan, S. . Dhandapani, and T. . Packirisamy, “Analysis of Super-Solar Integrated Patch Antenna for Sub-6 GHz and Beyond 6 GHz Millimeter Wave 5G Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1039–1050, Mar. 2023.

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