A Tri-Band Shared-Aperture Antenna for (2.4, 5.2) GHz Wi-Fi Application With MIMO Function and 60 GHz Wi-Gig Application With Beam-Scanning Function

• Published in: IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2020-03, Vol.68 (3), p.1973-1981
• Main Authors: Ding, Yan Ran, Cheng, Yu Jian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antenna design; Antennas; Apertures; Correlation coefficients; Dual band; Frequency scan; High gain; Leaky wave antennas; Leaky waves; MIMO communication; multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO); Radiators; Scanning; Spirals; structure reuse; tri-band shared-aperture antenna; Wi-Fi; Wi-Gig; Wireless fidelity
• ISSN: 0018-926X; 1558-2221
• DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2948571

This article presents the design and the realization of a tri-band shared-aperture antenna operating at 2.4, 5.2, and 60 GHz. It puts these three bands of antennas within the same radiating aperture and then realizes the Wi-Fi application with MIMO function and the Wi-Gig application with beam-scanning function simultaneously. It consists of two dual-band printed inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) and two SIW leaky wave antennas. By using the structure-reused technology, PIFA for the Wi-Fi application and the SIW antenna for the Wi-Gig application can share the same radiator without adding an extra aperture area. Thus, the ratio of the radiating aperture utilization can be improved greatly. In addition, MIMO technology is also applied to the Wi-Fi antenna design. The envelope correlation coefficients (ECCs) calculated from the simulated and measured data are all lower than 0.04. The measured radiation efficiencies are 74% to 95% and 76% to 95% within these two bands, respectively. Moreover, due to the optimal layout of the whole design, the Wi-Gig antenna can obtain high gain and wide range of beam coverage at the same time. The measured peak gain is 12.29 dBi, and the beam coverage is ±36° from 57 to 64 GHz.