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ABSTRACT
This paper presents analysis of modified Multiband
Corporate fed Antenna Array of triangular shape, Bow
tie Shape and Rhombus Shape having tuned in L Band.
Proposed antennas are simulated on HFSS virtual tool.
Rhombus shaped antenna array provides maximum
bandwidth 17.6% and 6.7% at 1.17GHz & 2.51 GHz
respectively which can be usable for GPS and WLAN
applications. Bowtie shaped antenna array provides
maximum bandwidth 16.23% and 8.47% at 1.6GHz &
2.1GHz respectively which can be suitable for
applications such as Marine Satellite and Optical
communications.
Keywords: Microstrip patch antenna, Impedance
Bandwidth, HFSS bow tie antenna, corporate feed
Network.
1.
INTRODUCTION
ARRAY FUNDAMENTALS
A. ARRAY THEORY
To increase the gain and directivity of single element
antenna, number of antennas are placed with equal
inter-element spacing /2, is called as antenna array. As
the no. of antenna elements are increased, the narrower
beam width and high directivity can be achieved [15].
For a linear array of N even identical elements with
uniform spacing positioned symmetrically along the y
axis, Array factor (
) can be written as equation (1)
=
+
+.+
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+.+
(1)
=
(2)
Where
is amplitude and
splits of
(i.e. n=2, 4etc). This can be achieved by
quarter wavelength transformers. With this method feed
of each element can be controlled and it is ideal for
scanning shaped beam array or multiple beam array and
phased arrays. The phase of each element can be
controlled using phase shifters [16].
3.
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Array
% Bandwidth
Configuration Fr=1.17GHz Fr=1.6GHz Fr=2.1GH Fr=2.5GHz
z
Triangular
shaped
2 Bowtie shaped
17.09
12.12
8.01
--
16.23
12.9
8.47
--
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Rhombus
shaped
17.6
11.39
7.44
6.7
[2]
[4]
[5]
[6]
S.
N
o
1
2
3
Array
Configura
tion
Triangular
shaped
Bowtie
shaped
Rhombus
shaped
Return loss in dB
Fr=1.17G
Hz
Fr=1.6G
Hz
Fr=2.1
GHz
Fr=2.5G
Hz
-20.41
-17.62
-15.11
-13.23
-20.43
-17.86
-17.22
-13.09
-22.78
-17.62
-12.79
-15.55
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
Figure11: Return Loss comparison chart
5.
CONCLUSION
[12]
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