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Wide scan angle multibeam conformal antenna array with novel feeding for mm-wave 5G applications

Najafabadi, Amir Mohsen Ahmadi
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Ballipinar, Faruk
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Tasdelen, Melih Can
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November 15, 2024
Microelectronic Engineering

This paper presents a low-profile wide scan angle multibeam conformal antenna array system with a novel feeding network for 28 GHz mm-wave 5G applications. The proposed antenna system utilizes two conventional branch-line couplers as its beamforming network. A novel feeding technique is applied to generate 7 beams with these couplers that are usually capable of generating 2 beams. The proposed solution provides a wide scanning range with a minimum realized gain of 5 dBi from −90° to 90° owing to this feeding approach and the peculiar placement of the array elements on a 0.15 mm thick R-F775 bendable substrate. The generated beams at their steer direction have the minimum and maximum gain values of 6.5 dBi and 9.7 dBi, respectively. A low-cost PCB manufacturing technique based on soft lithography and wet etching is used. The system dimensions excluding extra connector sections are 67×15×3mm3. The proposed flexible design is suitable for lightweight 5G communication systems and handsets with its compact low-complexity beamforming network, and wide 180° continuous covering angle.

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DOI
10.1016/j.mee.2024.112261
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85202025159

Author(s)
Najafabadi, Amir Mohsen Ahmadi

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Ballipinar, Faruk

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Tasdelen, Melih Can

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Uzun, Abdulkadir

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Yapici, Murat Kaya

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Skrivervik, Anja  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Tekin, Ibrahim

Sabancı Üniversitesi

Date Issued

2024-11-15

Published in
Microelectronic Engineering
Volume

294

Article Number

112261

Subjects

28 GHz

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Beam steering

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Beamforming network

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Bendable antenna

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Conformal array

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Fifth-generation (5G) antennas

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Microstrip array

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Millimeter-waves

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Multi-beam array antenna

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Series-fed array

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Wide scan angle

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REVIEWED

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Matrix Circuit Board Materials

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118E842,119C091

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