A Robust Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Unidirectional Mixed-Multipole Antenna Integrated With a Ground Surface

Wu, Z; Tang, MC; Duan, Y; Fang, X; Huang, Z; Ziolkowski, RW

A Robust Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Unidirectional Mixed-Multipole Antenna Integrated With a Ground Surface

Wu, Z Tang, MC Duan, Y Fang, X Huang, Z Ziolkowski, RW

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Publisher:: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2024, 23, (1), pp. 364-368
Issue Date:: 2024-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wu, Z
dc.contributor.author	Tang, MC
dc.contributor.author	Duan, Y
dc.contributor.author	Fang, X
dc.contributor.author	Huang, Z
dc.contributor.author	Ziolkowski, RW
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-07T04:29:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-07T04:29:31Z
dc.date.issued	2024-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2024, 23, (1), pp. 364-368
dc.identifier.issn	1536-1225
dc.identifier.issn	1548-5757
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180194
dc.description.abstract	An innovative design of an electrically small, unidirectional mixed-multipole antenna (UMMA) compatible with a metal ground that has robust performance characteristics is developed for operation in the 915 MHz ISM-band. It incorporates both a ground-based magnetic near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) element and a driven composite electric element. The magnetic NFRP element is integrated into the ground surface. This arrangement increases the insensitivity of the UMMA to its presence. A prototype was fabricated and tested. The measured results, in good agreement with their simulated values, demonstrate that the UMMA is electrically small (ka = 0.96) and low-profile (0.038λ0). The robustness of the design is demonstrated with it maintaining its attractive broadside unidirectional performance when the UMMA is positioned arbitrarily on the ground for different sizes of that metal surface. The prototype's measured fractional bandwidth, peak realized gain, front-to-back ratio, and overall efficiency values are, respectively, 1.09%, 3.54 dBi, 15.26 dB, and 70.1%. Along with its wide beamwidth and simple low-cost realization, these properties are appealing to a variety of space-limited, narrow band, and low-power terminal devices and their applications.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/LAWP.2023.3324938
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1005 Communications Technologies
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications
dc.subject.classification	4006 Communications engineering
dc.title	A Robust Low-Profile, Electrically Small, Unidirectional Mixed-Multipole Antenna Integrated With a Ground Surface
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	23
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
utslib.for	1005 Communications Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups/Global Big Data Technologies Research Centre (GBDTC)
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Abstract:

An innovative design of an electrically small, unidirectional mixed-multipole antenna (UMMA) compatible with a metal ground that has robust performance characteristics is developed for operation in the 915 MHz ISM-band. It incorporates both a ground-based magnetic near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) element and a driven composite electric element. The magnetic NFRP element is integrated into the ground surface. This arrangement increases the insensitivity of the UMMA to its presence. A prototype was fabricated and tested. The measured results, in good agreement with their simulated values, demonstrate that the UMMA is electrically small (ka = 0.96) and low-profile (0.038λ0). The robustness of the design is demonstrated with it maintaining its attractive broadside unidirectional performance when the UMMA is positioned arbitrarily on the ground for different sizes of that metal surface. The prototype's measured fractional bandwidth, peak realized gain, front-to-back ratio, and overall efficiency values are, respectively, 1.09%, 3.54 dBi, 15.26 dB, and 70.1%. Along with its wide beamwidth and simple low-cost realization, these properties are appealing to a variety of space-limited, narrow band, and low-power terminal devices and their applications.

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