{"title":"A cavity-backed angled-dipole antenna array for low millimeter-wave bands","authors":"S. Ta, I. Park","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434800","url":null,"abstract":"A cavity-backed angled-dipole antenna is proposed for low millimeter-wave band wireless applications. A cavity-backed reflector was utilized to improve the radiation characteristics of the angled dipole, such as gain, back-radiation, and 3-dB beamwidths in the E- and H-planes. The design, with a cavity aperture of 0.5λ28-ghz × 0.5 λ28-ghz, resulted in a |S11| <; -10 dB bandwidth of 26.7-30.6 GHz, a gain of 7.5 dBi and 3-dB beamwidths of approximately 70° for both the E- and H-planes at 28-GHz. Using tapered excitation, 0° and 40° fixed-scan angle eight-element arrays were implemented with the proposed antenna to achieve a high-gain and low side-lobe levels.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130233222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiation efficiency optimization of electrically small antennas: Application to 3D folded dipole","authors":"F. Sarrazin, S. Pflaum, C. Delaveaud","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434792","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the radiation efficiency optimization of Electrically Small Antennas (ESAs). Based on the well-known tradeoff between antenna maximum dimensions, Q-factor and radiation efficiency, several authors focused on minimizing the Q-factor for a given antenna size in order to increase its bandwidth. For some applications (Wireless Sensor Network), only a narrow bandwidth is needed and the radiation efficiency is a crucial parameter to shrink the required power. Thus, this paper presents the radiation efficiency optimization of 3D folded dipole antennas for a given size. First, we compare different folding topologies and then we study the effect of the wire diameter and the material on the ESAs performances.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121309257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quadrifilar Helical Antenna","authors":"G. O'Neill","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434818","url":null,"abstract":"A Quadrifilar Helical Antenna (QHA) mounted on a Low Earth Orbiting Small Satellite with attitude control can provide a greater coverage area on Earth than simple linearly polarized monopole antennas or circularly polarized patch antennas. The larger coverage area implies a longer period to receive data with less concern about fading due to cross polarization.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127509328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metal-based materials for the development of implanted bio-devices (Invited paper)","authors":"I. Peter, L. Matekovits, K. Esselle","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434823","url":null,"abstract":"Metallic materials are in a peculiar position for realization of electromagnetic shielding and antennas. Implanted devices, sometimes also responsible for vital functions of the hosting human body, should present reduced response to external electromagnetic interferences. In case transmission of data between the device and external environment is additionally required, the device should also be equipped with an antenna. The biocompatibility of such metallic parts is of fundamental importance: being them positioned on the external part of the device, they are the most exposed to be in close contact with the body environment. Investigations on the timely interaction between the metal based materials and the simulated hosting body by standardized physiological solution is described and quantified.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125529853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiband film antenna comprising offset fed dipole elements using inkjet printer for M2M applications","authors":"Yasunori Suzuki, M. Sumi","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434798","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a multi-band film antenna comprising offset fed dipole elements using an inkjet printer for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. The proposed antenna is based on a folded offset-fed dipole antenna structure and is constructed from a Polyethylene terephthalate sheet. The point of the proposed approach is to employ a tapered element in order to broaden the bandwidth in a high band including W-CDMA (Bands I, II, IV, and V) and LTE (Band 1). The proposed antenna achieves operation in multiple frequencies in a low band including LTE (Band 28), GSM 900 (E-GSM 900), and W-CDMA (Band VI), and in the high band. We achieve a compact antenna with the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) (≤2) bandwidth of 31.2% in the low band, and a VSWR bandwidth (≤2) of 14.5% in the high band. The proposed antenna has omni-directional patterns in all operating bands. In addition, we utilize an inkjet printing fabricating process using a home-use inkjet printer with a conductive ink cartridge. Frequency characteristics are analyzed using a simulator based on the method of moments, and the validity of the numerical results is shown based on measured VSWR characteristics of the prototype antenna. The proposed antenna can be affixed onto a variety of equipment and is low cost. Therefore, the proposed antenna is well suited to M2M applications.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127881695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multi-material 3D printing approach for conformal microwave antennas","authors":"D. Hawatmeh, E. Rojas-Nastrucci, T. Weller","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434785","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a new approach for implementing conformal antennas using direct digital manufacturing is presented. The new approach is based on fused deposition printing of a 150 micron-thick thermoplastic layer on top of Kapton tape forming a smooth, thin and flexible substrate. The antenna metallization is then printed on the smooth face of the flexible substrate using micro-dispensing, and the substrate is subsequently adhered to a 3D form. This approach represents a simple and versatile method for building microwave components as 3D structures. A 6 GHz 3D dipole is presented as an example to validate the fabrication approach. An acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) substrate (relative permittivity of 2.7 and a loss tangent of 0.008) and Dupont CB028 silver paste are used to fabricate the dipole antenna.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"222 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115532683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small microfluidically tunable top loaded monopole","authors":"Abhishek Dey, G. Mumcu","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434827","url":null,"abstract":"A recently introduced microfluidically reconfigurable frequency tunable monopole antenna is miniaturized by resorting to a selectively metallized plate for implementing capacitive loading. The selectively metallized plate forms the radiating part of the antenna and is enclosed within a microfluidic channel. The monopole is capacitively coupled to the feed line through a thin insulating layer. The frequency tunability of the antenna is achieved by microfluidically moving the metallized plate to change antenna height. The antenna is measured to operate from 1.8GHz to 3.2GHz with a tuning ratio of 1.7:1 with >2.2dB peak gain.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123822238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suspended 60 GHz phased array antenna with high efficiency","authors":"Kaveh Keshtkaran, N. Ghalichechian","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434794","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents 5×5 aperture coupled microstrip patch phased array antenna with suspended radiating elements operating at 60 GHz. A novel microfabrication technique enables separation of radiating elements from a lossy substrate. It was found that suspended elements improve efficiency and scanning range without sacrificing gain of the array by decreasing trapped energy at air dielectric boundary (surface waves). The array has a bandwidth of 7.5 GHz (12.5%) and capable of scanning ±60° in both E and H planes. Total array efficiency is calculated to be >90%. Simulation results show 18.6 dB gain with -12 dB sidelobe level at boresight. Furthermore, array gain is 15 dB and 14.5 dB when scanning ±60° in E and H-planes, respectively.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134448715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of polarization reconfigurable microstrip antenna with frequency tuning","authors":"A. Bharathi, L. Merugu, P. Rao","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434828","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a polarization reconfigurable microstrip antenna with frequency tuning. A method is investigated to achieve frequency reconfigurability by etching a rectangular ring slot in a corner truncated polarization reconfigurable antenna. Reconfigurability is achieved by electronic switching with the help of solid state device such as PIN diode. The concept is validated by simulation results. Return loss, axial ratio and gain characteristics of linear, right hand circular polarization and left hand circular polarization states are presented at dual frequency.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115553620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the bandwidth of convex conformal reflectarray antennas","authors":"M. Beccaria, P. Pirinoli, M. Orefice","doi":"10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAT.2016.7434811","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a Printed Conformai Reflectarray using non-conventional re-radiating elements is here considered. Results of the full-wave numerical analysis of two different reduced size configurations show that these element produce an improvement of the radiation characteristics, and in particular an enhancement of the bandwidth of the antenna.","PeriodicalId":228233,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128673217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}