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- Title
Gain enhancement of ultra-wideband hexagonal slot antenna using tessellated rhombic loops based reflector.
- Authors
Verma, Ashish Kumar; Singhal, Rahul
- Abstract
A simple technique for gain enhancement of irregular hexagonal shaped ultra-wide band (UWB) slot antenna by inclusion of closely packed tessellated rhombic loop (TRL) based FSS is presented in this paper. The slot antenna is designed to cover entire UWB (3.1–10.6 GHz) frequency range with stable bi-directional radiation pattern. Also, it exhibits non-uniform boresight gain in zenith (θ = 0°) and nadir (θ = 180°) directions. The slot antenna is further loaded with TRL FSS at both slot and feed side separately to study distinct configurations of antenna integrated with FSS and evaluate the impact of the configurations of FSS on antenna performance. Later, an antenna and antenna loaded with TRL FSS prototype are developed for experimental validations. Through measurements it is found that the slot antenna covers entire UWB frequency band and provides a maximum of 4.31 dB gain in zenith direction while 4 dB gain in nadir direction. A gain enhancement of 2.44 dB in zenith and 3.8 dB in nadir directions are achieved when the slot antenna is integrated with TRL FSS along feed side and slot side separately. The measured results confirm the simulated results well.
- Subjects
SLOT antennas; ANTENNAS (Electronics); ANTENNA design; FREQUENCY selective surfaces
- Publication
Frequenz, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 5/6, p259
- ISSN
0016-1136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/freq-2023-0183