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2016-09-04
Design of a Wideband Unidirectional Slot Antenna with Stepped Reflector for Front to Back Ratio Enhancement
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 67, 41-48, 2016
Abstract
A compact unidirectional slot antenna with front to back ratio (FBR) enhancement is proposed. The antenna consists of a novel compact slot driven antenna, a stepped reflector and a vertical balun from a microstrip to a parallel strip line. Better FBRs are obtained by optimizing the stepped reflector. Impedance bandwidths are enhanced by applying the balun and a pair of microstrip stub etched on the opposite side of the slot. Then, the antenna is manufactured and measured. Measured results show that the proposed antenna has a bandwidth of 76% (1.53-3.41 GHz) for VSWR ≤ 1.5. In addition, from 1.7 to 3.2 GHz, the antenna gains are higher than 8.6 dBi, and the FBRs are greater than 22 dB. Good agreement between the simulated and measured results is obtained. All above indicates that the proposed antenna can be widely used in wireless communications.
Citation
Liang Lu, Yong-Chang Jiao, Zi-Bin Weng, and Lei Zhou, "Design of a Wideband Unidirectional Slot Antenna with Stepped Reflector for Front to Back Ratio Enhancement," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 67, 41-48, 2016.
doi:10.2528/PIERC16071804
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