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Design of IBBD Array Antennas for WiBro/WiMAX Band

WiBro/WiMAX 대역 IBBD 배열 안테나의 설계

  • Choi, Hwan-Gi (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Choi, Hak-Keun (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Jung, Young-Bae (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Jeon, Soon-Ik (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
  • Published : 2008.01.31
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Abstract

In this paper, a broadband rectangular reflector antenna with 16-array elements for WiBro/WiMAX band(2.3${\sim}$3.5 GHz) is designed, and its radiation characteristics are investigated. The designed antenna is composed of the IBBD(Integrated Balun Bow-tie Dipole) elements and has the feed circuit at the rear of the reflector to reduce the unwanted electromagnetic wave from it. To confirm the broadband characteristics of the designed antenna, test antenna is fabricated and its radiation characteristics are measured, compared with calculated results. The measured results show good agreement with the calculated results. As a result of measurements, 1.8GHz of bandwidth(VSWR<1.6) is achieved at $2.06{\sim}3.89GHz$ and the antenna gain over 10.3 dBi. We confirm that the designed antenna can be used as a broadband antenna for WiBro/WiMAX.

본 논문에서는 WiBro/WiMAX 대역(2.3${\sim}$3.5 GHz)에서 동작하는 광대역 $16(4{\times}4)$ 소자 배열 구형 반사판 안테나를 설계하고, 복사 특성을 고찰하였다. 설계된 안테나는 IBBD(Integrated Balun Bow-tie Dipole) 소자로 구성 되며, 급전 회로에서 발생하는 불요 전자파를 줄이기 위하여 반사판 뒷면에 급전 회로를 두었다. 설계된 안테나의 광대역 특성을 확인하기 위하여 실제 안테나를 제작하고 복사 특성을 측정하여 계산된 결과와 비교하였다. 측정결과는 계산 결과와 비슷하게 나타났으며, $2.06{\sim}3.89GHz$ 대역에서 VSWR 1.6 이하를 만족하였고, 안테나 이득은 사용 주파수 대역에서 10.3dBi 이상으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 논문에서 설계된 안테나는 WiBro/WiMAX 공용 배열 안테나로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

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