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Bandwidth Enhancement of Double-Dipole Quasi-Yagi Antenna Using Modified Microstrip-to-Coplanar Strip line Balun

변형된 마이크로스트립-동일면 스트립 선로 밸런을 이용한 이중 다이폴 준-야기 안테나의 대역폭 향상

  • Yeo, Junho (School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Ig (Division of Mechatronics Engineering, Dongseo University) ;
  • Baek, Woon-Seok (Department of Computer and Communication Military Science, Dongyang University)
  • Received : 2015.11.16
  • Accepted : 2015.12.24
  • Published : 2016.03.31
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Abstract

In this paper, a method of enhancing the bandwidth of a double-dipole quasi-Yagi antenna (DDQYA) using a modified integrated balun is presented. The modified integrated balun consists of a microstrip (MS) line inserted along the center of a coplanar strip (CPS) line and the end of the MS line is connected to the CPS line through a shorting pin at the feed point. The geometry of the modified integrated balun is adjusted to improve the bandwidth of the DDQYA. In addition, the performance of the proposed balun in a back-to-back configuration is compared with a conventional balun. The proposed antenna with the optimized modified integrated balun is fabricated on an FR4 substrate, and the experiment results show that the antenna has a frequency band of 1.56-3.04 GHz(64.4%) for a VSWR < 2, which shows enhanced bandwidth compared to the DDQYA with the conventional balun.

본 논문에서는 변형된 내장형 밸런을 사용하여 이중 다이폴 준-야기 안테나(double-dipole quasi-Yagi antenna; DDQYA)의 대역폭을 향상하는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 변형된 내장형 밸런은 동일면 스트립 선로의 중앙으로 삽입된 마이크로스트립 선로로 구성되며, 마이크로스트립 선로의 끝은 급전점에서 단락 핀으로 동일면 스트립 선로와 연결되어 있다. 변형된 내장형 밸런의 구조는 DDQYA의 대역폭을 향상시키기 위해 조정하였다. 또한, 제안된 밸런의 back-to-back 구조에서의 성능을 기존 밸런과 비교하였다. 최적화된 변형된 내장형 밸런을 가진 DDQYA 안테나를 FR4 기판 상에 제작하고 특성을 실험한 결과 전압 정재파비(voltage standing wave ratio; VSWR) < 2 이하인 대역은 1.56-3.04 GHz(64.4%)이고, 대역폭이 기존의 밸런을 가진 DDQYA에 비해 증가함을 확인하였다.

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