A Novel Bow-Tie Balun-Fed Dual-Polarized Crossed Dipole Antenna
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Working Mechanism
2.1. The Evolution of the Feed Structure
2.2. Bow-Tie Balun
2.3. Antenna Vibrator
3. Parametric Study and Design Guidelines
3.1. The Dimensional Parameters
3.2. The Parametric Study
3.2.1. The Isolation of the Ports of the Bow-Tie Baluns
3.2.2. The Height of the Bow-Tie Balun hBB
3.2.3. The Side Length of the Bow-Tie Balun lBB3
3.2.4. The Gap between Two Bow-Tie Baluns gBB
3.2.5. The Height of the Slot between Two Bow-Tie Baluns and MP hslot
3.3. Design Guideline
4. Simulated and Experimental Results
4.1. The Simulated Radiation Characteristics of the Dipole Antennas
4.2. The Effect of the Fences
4.2.1. The EM Characteristic Comparison of the Models with and without the Fences
4.2.2. The Effect of the Fences at Different Frequencies
4.3. The Experimental Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Dimensions | Value | Dimensions | Value |
---|---|---|---|
Dp1 | 4 | Dp2 | 3 |
hMS1 | 1 | hMS2 | 4.5 |
hprobe | 3 | hbri | 1 |
hslot | 1 | hBB | 10 |
hMP | 5 | hGP | 2 |
hant | 18.5 | hfence | 15 |
dMS3 | 3 | lbri2 | 1.5 |
Dimensions | Value | Dimensions | Value |
---|---|---|---|
laslot1 | 10 | laslot2 | 14.8 |
waslot1 | 3.8 | waslot2 | 3 |
dprobes | 5.3 | gant | 0.5 |
lant | 36.5 | lgnd | 65 |
gBB | 1 | lBB1 | 7 |
lBB2 | 11.5 | lBB3 | 13 |
lbri1 | 3 | wbri | 1.5 |
dxfence | 5 | dyfence | 8 |
wfence | 5 | tfence | 1 |
Ref. | Bandwidth | Gain (dBi) | Iso (dB) | XPD (dB) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[1] | 51.5% | 4.23 | 0.09 | >28 | >29 | |
[5] | 91% | 1.79 | 0.13 | >15 | >20 | |
[9] | 36% | 12.54 | 0.15 | >20 | >16 | |
[13] | 100% | 3.40 | 0.21 | >20 | >17 | |
[19] | 32.73% | 0.83 | 0.19 | >20 | >20 | |
[26] | 53.2% | 4.17 | 0.18 | >22 | >19 | |
[29] | 133.3% | 3.00 | 0.55 | >18 | >15 | |
Pro. | 91.2% | 4.45 | 0.15 | >20 | >25 |
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Wu, W.; Yuan, N.; Hu, X.; Xu, Y.; Shi, T. A Novel Bow-Tie Balun-Fed Dual-Polarized Crossed Dipole Antenna. Electronics 2023, 12, 3032. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12143032
Wu W, Yuan N, Hu X, Xu Y, Shi T. A Novel Bow-Tie Balun-Fed Dual-Polarized Crossed Dipole Antenna. Electronics. 2023; 12(14):3032. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12143032
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Weiwei, Naichang Yuan, Xueyi Hu, Yixuan Xu, and Tongtong Shi. 2023. "A Novel Bow-Tie Balun-Fed Dual-Polarized Crossed Dipole Antenna" Electronics 12, no. 14: 3032. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12143032