A planar wideband Quasi-Yagi antenna with high gain and FTBR

This paper presents the design of a planar Quasi-Yagi antenna capable of achieving high Front-to-Back ratio (i.e. FTBR > 34 dB), high gain (i.e. > 6.4 dBi) and relatively wide bandwidth (i.e. up to almost 1 GHz). This antenna is designed to cover the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The overall dimensions of the antenna are 69 × 64 × 1.575 mm³. The antenna is made up of 5 director elements, 1 driven dipole and a reflector ground plane. Wide bandwidth is made possible through the strong coupling of the first director element and the driven dipole element. The antenna is optimized in order to achieve the above mentioned performance criteria. This antenna can be very useful for applications requiring highly directive radiation patterns such as point-to-point communications and wireless power transfer. The radiation characteristics of this antenna can be further enhanced by building a phased array based on it.