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A Low-Cost Wideband Fixed-Beam Series-Fed Microstrip Antenna

  • Hanlan Liu
  • , Fan Yi Meng*
  • , Chang Ding
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Air Force Engineering University Xian

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Abstract

This paper designs a novel fixed-beam series-fed microstrip antenna, which is applied to point-to-point wireless communication. To address the beam squint problem of traditional serial-fed traveling-wave antennas, this paper adopts the principle of non-Foster circuits and central feeding. The designed Non-Foster radiating elements possess negative group delay characteristics and can compensate for the dispersion of the microstrip transmission line, forming serial-fed elements with a flat transmission phase. Additionally, this work further forms a linear array through the center-fed method to achieve broadband broadside fixed-beam characteristics. To verify the principle, we have designed a linearly polarized fixed-beam antenna in the Kuband. The proposed antenna operates in the frequency range of 11.4 GHz to 12.7 GHz, with a return loss less than -10 dB, the beams constantly pointing in the broadside direction, a stable pencil beam shape, and a maximum realized gain of 16.85 dBi.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI 2025 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1581-1583
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798331523671
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI 2025 - Ottawa, Canada
Duration: 13 Jul 202518 Jul 2025

Publication series

NameIEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)
ISSN (Print)1522-3965
ISSN (Electronic)1947-1491

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI 2025
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa
Period13/07/2518/07/25

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