TY - GEN
T1 - Flexible ultra-wideband antenna for 5G and beyond wearable applications
AU - Lyu, Bowen
AU - Safdar, Ghazanfar
AU - Jamshed, Muhammad Ali
AU - Ur-Rehman, Masood
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/12/21
Y1 - 2021/12/21
N2 - Millimeter wave frequencies are front running contenders for 5G wireless communications. A wideband antenna that can provide coverage in whole of these frequencies is a well sought off challenge. This paper presents design of a quasi-Yagi antenna consisting of three driven arms and three pairs of spiral directors that efficiently meets this requirement. To satisfy the flexibility demand of wearable applications, the antenna employs liquid crystal polymer LCP as the substrate. The antenna has a small size of 5×8×0.202 mm 3 while covering 24-71 GHz band.The proposed antenna achieves peak gain of 2.85, 6.33 and 8.52 dBi, respectively, and an efficiency of more than 70% in the desired frequency bands. The symmetric structure of the antenna also makes the fabrication easier. The ultra-wideband, radiation characteristics and flexibility of usage makes it a promising candidate for 5G and Beyond wearable applications.
AB - Millimeter wave frequencies are front running contenders for 5G wireless communications. A wideband antenna that can provide coverage in whole of these frequencies is a well sought off challenge. This paper presents design of a quasi-Yagi antenna consisting of three driven arms and three pairs of spiral directors that efficiently meets this requirement. To satisfy the flexibility demand of wearable applications, the antenna employs liquid crystal polymer LCP as the substrate. The antenna has a small size of 5×8×0.202 mm 3 while covering 24-71 GHz band.The proposed antenna achieves peak gain of 2.85, 6.33 and 8.52 dBi, respectively, and an efficiency of more than 70% in the desired frequency bands. The symmetric structure of the antenna also makes the fabrication easier. The ultra-wideband, radiation characteristics and flexibility of usage makes it a promising candidate for 5G and Beyond wearable applications.
KW - 5G
KW - Liquid Crystalline Polymer (LCP)
KW - Quasi-Yagi antenna
KW - Wearable applications
KW - millimeter-wave antenna
KW - ultrawideband
KW - millimeter wave
KW - Liquid Crystal Polymer
KW - wearable applications
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85125315729
U2 - 10.1109/icmac54080.2021.9678300
DO - 10.1109/icmac54080.2021.9678300
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - 2021 1st International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2021
BT - 2021 1st International Conference on Microwave, Antennas and Circuits, ICMAC 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2021 1st International Conference on Microwave, Antennas & Circuits (ICMAC)
Y2 - 21 December 2021 through 22 December 2021
ER -