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Low-cost multiband four-port phased array antenna for sub-6 GHz 5G applications with enhanced gain methodology in Radio-over-fiber systems using modulation instability
Abstract
Phased array antenna (PAA) technology is essential for applications requiring high gain and wide bandwidth, such as sensors, medical, and 5G. Achieving such a design, however, is a challenging and intricate process that calls for precise calculations and a combination of findings to alter the phase and amplitude of each unit. Furthermore, coupling effects between these PAA structure elements can only be completed with the use of full-wave electromagnetic simulation tools. Due to recent advances, radio-over-fiber (RoF) technology has been positioned as a possible alternative for high-capacity wireless communications. This paper presents a low-cost, multiband Sub-6 GHz 5G PAA with enhanced gain achieved through integration with a new specialized RoF system design to improve PAA performance by using the phenomenon of modulation instability (MI). Optimizing the antenna’s Defected Ground Structure (DGS) leads to even more improvement. To enable operation across three distinct frequency bands (Sub6 GHz n78 band (3-3.8 GHz), n79 band (3.8-5 GHz), and n46 band (5-5.5 GHz)), the proposed antenna design features four elliptical patches strategically positioned at the four sides of the ground plane, providing comprehensive 360° coverage in the azimuth plane. Additionally, integrating elliptical slots and upper gaps contributes to improvement. The proposed PAA’s experimentally validated gain values are 5.2 dB, 7.4 dB, and 7.8 dB in the n78, n79, and n46 bands, respectively. For improving the performance of the proposed PAA in RoF systems, anomalous fibers (n2 ̸= 0 and β2 < 0) are employed to consider the modulation instability (MI) phenomenon, which can lead to the generation of the MI gain on the carrier sideband. The true time delay (TTD) technique controls the beam pattern by adjusting the time delay between adjacent radiation elements. Furthermore, the TTD technique utilizes frequency combs for the proposed 4-element array antenna to apply MI gain to all antenna elements.
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Hassan Zakeri
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Rasul Azizpour
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Parsa Khoddami
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Gholamreza Moradi
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Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
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Chan Hwang See
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Tayeb Dendini
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Francisco Falcone
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Ernesto Limiti
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3446313
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IEEE Access
no. 12,
pages 117787 - 117799,
ISSN: 2169-3536 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Zakeri H., Azizpour R., Khoddami P., Moradi G., Alibakhshikenari M., See C. H., Dendini T., Falcone F., Kozieł S., Limiti E.: Low-cost multiband four-port phased array antenna for sub-6 GHz 5G applications with enhanced gain methodology in Radio-over-fiber systems using modulation instability// IEEE Access -Vol. 12, (2024), s.117787-117799
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1109/access.2024.3446313
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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