This brief introduces a novel architecture of a compact self-hexaplexing antenna (SHA) implemented on a substrate-integrated rectangular cavity (SIRC) for hexa-band applications. The proposed SHA is configured by using an SIRC resonator, two Pi-shaped slots (PSSs), and six 50Ω microstrip feedlines. The PSSs are connected back-to-back and loaded on top of the SIRC resonator to produce six patch radiators (PRs). The PRs are excited by 50Ω feedlines to radiate at six operating bands with self-multiplexing characteristics. The operating bands are tunable. A particular band can be adjusted independently based on the system requirement without altering the other operating bands. A comprehensive parametric study is carried out to allow a suitable band tunability, high isolation, and matching at the ports. For validation, an SIRC-based SHA radiating at 2.29, 2.96, 4.3, 5.0, 5.61, and 6.18 GHz is fabricated and experimentally demonstrated. The proposed SHA allows us to achieve a compact size of 0.173λg2, which is the smallest among the self-quadruplexing antennas and self-multiplexing antennas reported in the literature thus far. Additionally, it exhibits high isolation of 27 dB, hexa-band operation, a tunability range from 2.2 GHz to 8 GHz, along with measured gains greater than 3.73 dBi.
Authors
- Rusan Kumar Barik,
- prof. dr inż. Sławomir Kozieł link open in new tab
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1109/tcsii.2022.3211963
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuły w czasopismach
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2023
