Triple Band Antenna for 5G Applications
Amrutha G M Dr. Sudha T
Electronics and Communication department Electronics and Communication department
NSS College of Engineering NSS College of Engineering
Palakkad, India Palakkad, India
[email protected] [email protected] Abstract— In this paper, a compact multiband single substrate Microstrip antenna specified in [8] is very simple low profile
microstrip patch antenna is presented. The antenna operates in the structure and easy to fabricate however, it requires precise
mm wave frequency band (30GHz-300GHz) which suits future 5G fabrication facilities for such a high profile antenna. Results show
applications. The triple band microstrip patch antenna resonates at wide bandwidth in the mm-wave frequency. In [8], many basic
26.92GHz, 35.08GHz and 54.74GHz. The antenna shows a return
procedures such as synchronization, random access, cell search
loss of -52.87dB with a bandwidth and gain of 13.92% and 6.36dB
respectively at 54.74GHz. These results manifest the antenna to be and intermittent communication will necessitate reconsideration.
a superior candidate for future 5G applications. Various millimeter-wave antennas and systems for the future 5G
is proposed in [9]. Multiband Split-Ring Resonator based PIFA
Keywords—5G antenna; microstrip patch antenna; mmwave; [10] is composed of a PIFA, an inverted-L and rectangular
triple band; shaped parasitic element and a split-ring resonator etched on
PIFA. It exhibits high gains at three frequency bands at 6GHz,
I. INTRODUCTION 10GHz and 15GHz.
Demand for high data rate and high frequencies paved way Enhancement of impedance bandwidth can be done by
for exploring more and more on millimeter wave band as it can cutting H and E slots on microstrip patch [11]. A disadvantage of
explore more substantial bandwidth thus increasing capacity. limited bandwidth of microstrip patch antenna can be overcome
Moreover, mm-wave antennas must be compact in size and it with several techniques such as inset feeding or imparting defects
suffers several challenges to exploit mm-wave communication, in ground called defected ground structures (DGS) [12].
including interference management, anti-blockage and spatial In this paper, we are considering mm wave frequencies from
reuse [1-3]. 24GHz to 60GHz as it is used for the future 5G communications.
Microstrip patch antenna together with mm wave is a better Wide bandwidth is needed for increasing data rate of frequency
match for 5G application. For high gain antenna, arrays are the in higher band. The paper proposes a triple band 5G antenna
best solution. Most of the array structures are complex and also structure for the application at multiple frequencies. Slots and
has high production costs. [4-5]. A microstrip array antenna square insets are introduced in patch in order to achieve multiple
designed with powerful steering capability, high gain, and low frequency bands. The designs were simulated and analyzed using
scan losses in [6] requires a highly complicated structure. Even ansoft high frequency structure simulator version 15(Ansoft
though it has improved radiation characteristics, the bandwidth HFSS.15)
achieved was narrow. This new phased array antenna prototype II. TRIPLE BAND 5G ANTENNA
works in the beginning of millimeter wave frequencies
incorporating use in frequencies from 24GHz to 31GHz. The structure of triple band 5G antenna is shown in Fig. 1.
The antenna is designed on Rogers RT5880 dielectric substrate
A 9-shaped antenna is proposed in [7] for 5G applications.
with relative permittivity(εr) 2.2, loss tangent 0.009 and height
The stimulated return loss only shows satisfying value of 1.6mm. In the layout of triple band 5G antenna Wp and Lp
minimum loss at one particular frequency of operation. Gain of represents the width and length of patch and Wg and Lg
the 9-shaped antenna is quite reasonable for mobile phones but represents the width and length of the ground respectively. Wf is
not efficient for high gain 5G applications. The use of 9-shaped the feed width and microstrip line feeding is used.
antenna in the regions of WiMAX, WiFi bands is moreover
congenial. Parametric analysis is performed with respect to return loss
to fine tune the dimensions of the structure.
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