Butler Matrix Components Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Fed by Microstrip Separation Feedline for 5G Application

Authors

  • Yaqdhan Mahmood Hussein 1) Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia, 2) Department of Electronic and Communication College of Engineering, Al Muthanna University, Al Muthanna, Iraq
  • Noor Asniza Murad Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
  • Hatem Oday Hanoosh 1) Department of Electronic and Communication College of Engineering, Al Muthanna University, Al Muthanna, Iraq 2) College of Engineering Al Ayen University, Nasiriyah 64001, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2024.ACES.J.391108

Keywords:

5G application, beamforming, coupler, crossover, Ka-band, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)

Abstract

This paper presents a beamforming component based on vias variation substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) method at Ka-band. At Ka-band, the losses are high when planar structures are implemented due to the small wavelength, beside the expected losses from the component’s losses. Therefore, SIW technology with vias manipulation is introduced. This work aims to present a low loss coupler, crossover, and phase shifter for beamforming based on SIW at 26 GHz. Coupler and crossover are designed with vias variation based on the metallic fill inside the vias microstrip separation feedline, used for input and output ports to achieve enough distance between each adjacent port, and compact design with loss phase error. The proposed designs are simulated using CST software and fabricated using Rogers 5880 substrate with thickness of 0.508 mm and permittivity of 2.2. The measured performance agreed well with the simulated results. A return loss of less than −20 dB is achieved over a bandwidth of 5 GHz. A perfect −3 dB and 0 dB are obtained at coupler and crossover outputs. The measured phase difference −88.8∘ is observed at the outputs. Overall, the coupler and crossover show great potential performance for Ka-band applications.

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Author Biographies

Yaqdhan Mahmood Hussein, 1) Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia, 2) Department of Electronic and Communication College of Engineering, Al Muthanna University, Al Muthanna, Iraq

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

Noor Asniza Murad, Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

Noor Asniza Murad (Senior Member, IEEE) received the first degree in electrical engineering majoring in telecommunication and the master’s degree in engineering from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in 2011 for research on micromachined millimeter-wave circuits under supervision of Professor Lancaster. She joined the Department of Radio Communication Engineering (RaCED), Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), UTM, as a Tutor. She was appointed as a Lecturer in April 2003. She joined the Emerging Device Technology Group, University of Birmingham, UK. She was with HID GLOBAL Sdn Bhd for one year under Research and Development specifically working on RFID tag design, testing and development. She is leading the Advance RF and Microwave Research Group, School of Electrical Engineering, UTM. Her research interests include antenna design for RF and microwave communication systems, millimeter-wave circuits design, RFID, and antenna beamforming. She is a member of Antenna and Propagation (AP/MTT/EMC) Malaysia Chapter.

Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim, Advanced RF & Microwave Research Group School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, in 1964. He received the B.Eng. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK, in 1987, the master’s degree in engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in the field of wideband active antenna from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2003. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Lecturer with the Faculty of Electrical

Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, where he was a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Communication Engineering, from 2005 to 2007. He is currently a Professor with the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His research interests include the design of active and passive antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, microstrip antennas, reflect array antennas, electromagnetic bandgap, artificial magnetic conductors, left-handed metamaterials, and computer-aided design for antennas.

Hatem Oday Hanoosh, 1) Department of Electronic and Communication College of Engineering, Al Muthanna University, Al Muthanna, Iraq 2) College of Engineering Al Ayen University, Nasiriyah 64001, Iraq

Hatem Oday Hanoosh was born in Samawah, Iraq, in 1991. He received the B.S in computer techniques engineering in 2014 from Islamic University College in Najaf city, the master’s degree in electronic engineering (telecommunication system) from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree in the field of waveguide Nolen matrix from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Johor Bahru city in 2023. He is currently a Professor with the AL-Muthanna University of Engineering Electronics and Communication Department. His research interests include the design of antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, waveguide antennas, reflect array antennas, Nolen matrix, and designs for slot antennas.

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Y. M. . Hussein, N. A. . Murad, M. K. A. . Rahim, and H. O. . Hanoosh, “Butler Matrix Components Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Fed by Microstrip Separation Feedline for 5G Application”, ACES Journal, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 999–1011, Nov. 2024.

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