Broadband compact series-fed dipole pair antenna with simplified integrated balun

ABSTRACT A broadband compact series‐fed dipole pair (SDP) antenna using a simplified integrated balun is presented. The proposed integrated balun is simple compared to a conventional balun and consists of a microstrip line inserted on a coplanar strip (CPS) line, along the center of the CPS. When th...

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Published in:Microwave and optical technology letters 2014-08, Vol.56 (8), p.1731-1734
Main Authors: Yeo, Junho, Lee, Jong-Ig
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas
Baluns
Bandwidth
Broadband
broadband antenna
compact antenna
Dipoles
Gain
Microwaves
Noise levels
series-fed dipole pair antenna
simplified integrated balun
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Summary:ABSTRACT A broadband compact series‐fed dipole pair (SDP) antenna using a simplified integrated balun is presented. The proposed integrated balun is simple compared to a conventional balun and consists of a microstrip line inserted on a coplanar strip (CPS) line, along the center of the CPS. When the proposed balun is incorporated into the SDP antenna, it creates an additional resonance due to a slot in the CPS line at high frequency as well as two resonances by the two dipoles with different lengths, and enhances the antenna's bandwidth. The proposed antenna exhibits a measured impedance bandwidth of 58.5% (1.62–2.96 GHz) for a VSWR  14 dB within the bandwidth. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1731–1734, 2014
ISSN:0895-2477
1098-2760
DOI:10.1002/mop.28432