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Gain Enhancement of a Circularly-Polarized Patch Antenna with a Double-Layered Superstrate for Wireless LAN

무선 LAN용 원형편파 패치안테나에 이중 적층 상부덮개를 적용한 이득 향상

  • Lee, Sangrok (Shinhan University Department of IT Convergence Engineering)
  • Received : 2015.09.17
  • Accepted : 2015.11.30
  • Published : 2015.12.30
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Abstract

A high-gain circularly-polarized patch antenna with a double-layered superstrate is proposed operating at a wireless LAN frequency. A superstrate has an array of metallic periodic unit cells and is located above the patch antenna with an air-gap. The designed antenna has a high gain of over 9.59dBi, which is the gain enhancement of 6.48dB compared to the patch antenna without superstrate. And it has a low axial ratio of under 3dB, so that it maintains the circular polarization of the patch antenna. The optimum air-gap height at the superstrate of $4{\times}4$ arrays is 25mm, which is equivalent to about $0.2{\lambda}$ at the frequency of 2.45GHz. We confirmed that the double-layered stacking of a superstrate increases the effective aperture size and hence it leads to enhance a gain of the patch antenna.

무선 LAN 대역에서 동작하는 이중 적층 상부덮개를 적용한 고이득 원형편파 패치 안테나를 제안한다. 상부덮개는 단위 셀을 주기적으로 배열하는 구조를 갖고, 패치안테나 위에 일정한 높이의 공기층을 두고 배치된다. 제안된 안테나는 최대 9.59dBi의 안테나 이득을 얻을 수 있는데 이는 패치안테나만 있는 경우에 비해 6.48dB 향상된 결과이다. 또한, 제안된 안테나는 높은 안테나 이득을 유지하면서 3dB 이하의 낮은 축비를 갖는데 이는 패치안테나의 원형 편파 특성이 잘 유지됨을 의미한다. $4{\times}4$ 배열구조를 갖는 상부덮개와 패치안테나 간의 공기층 높이는 25mm에서 최적이고, 이는 2.45GHz 주파수에서 대략 $0.2{\lambda}$에 해당된다. 결과적으로 상부덮개를 이중으로 적층함으로써 유효 개구면 크기가 증가되고, 이에 따라 패치안테나의 이득이 향상됨을 확인하였다.

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