A Dual-Band and Low-Cost Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Mobile Communications

Authors

  • Fatih Kaburcuk Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 58140, Turkey
  • Gurkan Kalinay Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, 25050, Turkey
  • Yiming Chen Department of Electrical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA
  • Atef Z. Elsherbeni Department of Electrical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA
  • Veysel Demir Department of Electrical Engineering Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115, USA

Keywords:

5G antenna, dual-band antenna, low-cost antenna

Abstract

This paper investigates the numerical and experimental analysis of a low-cost and dual-band microstrip patch antenna for the fifth generation (5G) mobile communications. The numerical analysis of the proposed antenna is performed using the computational electromagnetic simulator (CEMS) software which is based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) and CST software which is based on the finite integration technique (FIT). The performance of the proposed antenna designed and fabricated on a low-cost FR-4 substrate is verified with the simulated and measured results. The antenna operates at dual frequency bands which are 24 and 28 GHz. The antenna maximum gain values are 3.20 dBi and 3.99 dBi in the x-y plane at 24 and 28 GHz, respectively. The proposed antenna provides almost omni-directional patterns suitable for 5G mobile communication devices.

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Author Biographies

Fatih Kaburcuk, Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, 58140, Turkey

Fatih Kaburcuk received both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 2011 and 2014, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. During his graduate studies, he worked as a Research Assistant with Syracuse University and PPC-Belden Inc. in Liverpool, NY, USA. He worked as a Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA in 2014. He joined the Erzurum Technical University in 2015 and served as an Assistant Professor until 2019. Currently, Kaburcuk has been serving as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Turkey. His research interest includes numerical methods in electromagnetics, biological effect of electromagnetic radiation, and finitedifference time-domain analysis of antennas and RF devices.

Gurkan Kalinay, Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, 25050, Turkey

Gurkan Kalinay received the B.S. degree from the Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey, in 2018. He is currently pursuing his M.Sc. degree at Erzurum Technical University. During his graduate studies, he works as a Research Assistant with Erzurum Technical University. His main research interests are in design of antennas and RF devices.

Yiming Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Yiming Chen was born in Henan, China, in 1993. He received the B.S. degree from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China, in 2016 and the M.S. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2019. Now he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, USA. His main research interests are in metasurface and antennas for RFID applications.

Atef Z. Elsherbeni, Department of Electrical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Atef Z. Elsherbeni received two honor B.Sc. degrees in Electronics and Communications, in Applied Physics, and a M.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering, all from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1976, 1979, and 1982, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Manitoba University, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1987. He started his engineering career as a part time Software and System Design Engineer from March 1980 to December 1982 at the Automated Data System Center, Cairo, Egypt. Elsherbeni joined the faculty at the University of Mississippi in 1987 as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. He advanced to the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor in 1991 and 1997, respectively, and became the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs from 2009 to 2013. He then joined the EECS Department at Colorado School of Mines in August 2013 as the Dobelman Distinguished Professor. He was appointed the Interim Department Head for EECS department from 2015 to 2016 and became the EE Department Head from 2016 to 2018. He spent a sabbatical term in 1996 at the EE Department, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and was a visiting Professor at Magdeburg University in Germany and at Tampere University of Technology in Finland during the summers of 2005 and 2007, respectively. In 2009 he was selected as Finland Distinguished Professor by the Academy of Finland and TEKES. Elsherbeni is the Editor-in-Chief for ACES Journal, a past Associate Editor to Radio Science Journal, a past Chair of the Engineering and Physics Division of Mississippi Academy of Science, a past Chair of Educational Activity Committee for IEEE Region 3 Section, and the general Chair for the 2014 APS-URSI Symposium, the president of ACES Society from 2013 to 2015, and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (APS) Distinguished Lecturer for 2020-2023. Elsherbeni is a Fellow member of IEEE and ACES.

Veysel Demir, Department of Electrical Engineering Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115, USA

Veysel Demir is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Northern Illinois University. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1997. He studied at Syracuse University, New York, where he received both a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Electrical Engineering in 2002 and 2004, respectively. During his graduate studies, he worked as a Research Assistant for Sonnet Software, Inc., Liverpool, New York. He worked as a visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Mississippi from 2004 to 2007. He joined Northern Illinois University in August 2007 and served as an Assistant Professor until August 2014. He has been serving as an Associate Professor since then.

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Published

2021-10-31

How to Cite

[1]
F. . Kaburcuk, G. . Kalinay, Y. . Chen, A. Z. . Elsherbeni, and V. . Demir, “A Dual-Band and Low-Cost Microstrip Patch Antenna for 5G Mobile Communications”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 07, pp. 824–829, Oct. 2021.

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2021: Vol 36 Iss 7

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General Submission