A Linearly Polarized Magnetoelectric Dipole With Wide H-Plane Beamwidth

A linearly polarized magnetoelectric (ME) dipole with wide beamwidth in the H-plane is proposed and studied. A fabricated prototype shows that stable wide beamwidth of 120 ° in the H-plane is achieved across the 41% impedance bandwidth for SWR ≤ 2 with good radiation performances including a stable...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2014-04, Vol.62 (4), p.1830-1836
Main Authors: YUJIAN LI, LUK, Kwai-Man
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
Antenna radiation patterns
Antennas
Applied sciences
Arrays
Bandwidth
Base station antenna
Dipole antennas
Dipoles
Exact sciences and technology
Fluctuation
Frequency measurement
Gain
Guidelines
magnetoelectric (ME) dipole
Radio equipment
Radiocommunications
Stations
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
unidirectional pattern
wide beamwidth
wideband antenna
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Summary:A linearly polarized magnetoelectric (ME) dipole with wide beamwidth in the H-plane is proposed and studied. A fabricated prototype shows that stable wide beamwidth of 120 ° in the H-plane is achieved across the 41% impedance bandwidth for SWR ≤ 2 with good radiation performances including a stable gain around 6.3 dBi, symmetrically unidirectional radiation patterns, low cross polarization, and low back radiation. Design guidelines and three design samples are given, which demonstrate that the beamwidth in the H-plane can be varied over a range larger than 30 ° from 90 ° to 120 ° and the fluctuation of the beamwidth is less than 10 ° throughout the whole operating band. Besides, it shows that the variation in the H-plane does not degrade the other performances of the antenna. With all of these advantages, the proposed antenna is a desirable candidate for base stations of mobile communications which require antennas of different beamwidths for different environments.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2013.2297163