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Design of Slot-Coupled Broadband 5G mmWave Base Station Antenna Based on Double-Layer Patch


Abstract:

A broadband mmWave base station antenna with a double-layer symmetrical patch structure is presented in the article. The base station antenna consists of three-layer diel...Show More

Abstract:

A broadband mmWave base station antenna with a double-layer symmetrical patch structure is presented in the article. The base station antenna consists of three-layer dielectric substrate, two pairs of patches, a microstrip line and four rectangular parasitic patches. The bandwidth of the antenna is increased by adding rectangular metal through holes on the dielectric substrate and slotting on the double-layer patch. Adding parasitic structures on the feed patch improves the impedance matching performance of the antenna. Simulation results show that the proposed antenna can achieve a -10 dB impedance bandwidth of 46.5% and a stable radiation pattern in the 24.04-38.64 GHz frequency band, and its in-band gain can reach 7.2±0.1 dBi. The proposed antenna has an ultra-wide impedance bandwidth and good gain effect, so it is promising as an alternative antenna for future 5G communication system applications.
Date of Conference: 27-29 November 2022
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 26 April 2023
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Conference Location: Guangzhou, China

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I. Introduction

With the development of 5G mobile communication technology, the research on mmWave is flaring like fire due to the wider spectrum resources of mmWave. At the same time, different countries and regions have specific divisions for 5G millimeter waves. For example, the millimeter-wave frequency bands planned by China are mainly in the range of 24.25-27.5 GHz and 37-42.5 GHz, while the millimeter-wave frequency bands planned by the EU are mainly in the range of 24.2527.5 GHz, 31.8-33.4 GHz and 40.5-43.5 GHz. Therefore, it is of great significance and value to make the antenna to operate in multiple frequency bands. In [1], the third-order resonance structure is formed by the hairpin resonator, the U-shaped groove in the middle, and the patch on the top layer, the bandwidth is extended to a certain extent, but the spectral range is limited. Although a wide-bandwidth magnetoelectric dipole structure antenna with a defect ground structure was proposed [2], its structure is complex and the processing cost is high. In [3], a differentially driven aperture antenna was used, where the antenna has high gain and wide bandwidth, however its aperture is large and the overhead is too high. Lou et al. [4] illustrates the use of massive MIMO arrays, however the arrays still cannot meet the needs of broadband and low cost.

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