Metamaterial-filled Quarter Circular Microstrip Antenna in the Subwavelength Scale for 3.5 GHz Band Communications

Authors

  • Hao Lu School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
  • Xiaofei Xu School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8745-7756
  • Hu Wei School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2024.ACES.J.390406

Keywords:

Metamaterials, quarter circular microstrip antenna, subwavelength

Abstract

A metamaterial-filled quarter circular microstrip antenna (meta-QCMSA) is proposed for 5G communications in the 3.5 GHz band. Compared with traditional CMSAs, the new meta-QCMSA is superior in its small patch in the subwavelength scale realized by collaboratively using metamaterial and field symmetry techniques. This combination method is observed to be more powerful than a single method solely used. One practical meta-QCMSA is designed and experimentally demonstrated near 3.5 GHz. Its patch length is 0.1λ0, much smaller than the traditional CMSA. In addition, the compact meta-QCMSA is observed to have a considerable bandwidth of 3.8% and antenna gain of 3.9 dBi in experiments.

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Author Biographies

Hao Lu, School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

Hao Lu was born in Hubei, China, in 1998. He received the M.S. degree from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, in 2023. His research interest includes antenna miniaturization technology.

Xiaofei Xu, School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

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 in Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

Dr. Xu’s research areas include electromagnetics, antennas and microwave technology. He has authored over 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.

Hu Wei, School of Communication and Information Engineering Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

Hu Wei was born in Anhui, China, in 1998. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree from Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. His research interest includes antenna technology.

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Published

2024-04-30

How to Cite

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H. Lu, X. Xu, and H. Wei, “Metamaterial-filled Quarter Circular Microstrip Antenna in the Subwavelength Scale for 3.5 GHz Band Communications”, ACES Journal, vol. 39, no. 04, pp. 327–333, Apr. 2024.

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2024: Vol 39 Iss 4

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