An Ultra-Wideband 3D Printable Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Fed by a Hollow Waveguide

Shozab Shafiq, Yijing He, Qasim Ali, Saleem Shahid, Syed Muzahir Abbas, Sun Houjun

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Abstract

A Ka-band cavity backed magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna with ultra-wide bandwidth is proposed. An all-metal structure can be easily realized with 3D-printing technology minimizing the errors while assembling the antenna with multiple layers. A gain of up to 14.6 dBi and an impedance bandwidth of 39% from 29.5GHz to 43.8GHz are achieved by the proposed antenna unit cell. Each layer in the proposed antenna contributes to an enhanced performance. The broadband characteristics of the ME dipole is increased by the addition of the cavity backed hollow waveguide feed network. The proposed antenna unit cell can be used to build compact planar arrays in the Ka band by incorporating low loss and wide band T-junction power dividers in the complex feed network. The proposed antenna has an advantage of easy fabrication through 3D printing technology and it can be utilized for wideband millimeter-wave wireless applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI 2024 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1197-1198
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798350369908
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI 2024 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 14 Jul 202419 Jul 2024

Publication series

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

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI 2024
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period14/07/2419/07/24

Keywords

  • cavity backed
  • hollow waveguide
  • magneto-electric (ME) dipole

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