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Miniaturized wideband 5G millimeter-wave antenna with two-port positioning analysis for vehicular communication

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This paper presents a low-profile, wideband antenna that can operate in four millimeter-wave frequency bands for 5G communication. The proposed antenna has composite geometry with extended blocks from a simple rectangular patch. Here the full ground plane is used to avoid the radiation losses by back lobes and to enhance the antenna performance. The proposed radiating element covers the wideband from 23.812 GHz to 48.253 GHz enclosing operating frequencies k band (26 GHz-F1) and Ka-band (28 GHz-F2, 32 GHz-F3, and 39 GHz-F4). The gains achieved in the designed single element antenna are 5.46 dBi, 5.6 dBi, 6.48 dBi, and 5.56 dBi respectively. Whereas the total efficiencies are 95.33%, 97.23%, 97.75%, and 97.9% for the respective operating frequencies. The proposed antenna is analyzed for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication, providing the isolation value greater than 20 dB. The diversity gain, Envelope Correlation Coefficient, and isolation are all well within their respective limits making the proposed antenna suitable for MIMO communications. Here, to check the versatility of the antenna design different configurations such as 2 × 2, 1 × 2, and port positionings are simulated. Furthermore, the designed single element and MIMO antenna is placed on the vehicle and the far-field results are analyzed.

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This project is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under Indo Sri Lanka cooperative research under Grant No.: DST/INT/SL/P-28.

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  1. Department of ECE, Anna University, Chennai, India

    Shanmathi Shanmuganathan, Malathi Kanagasabai, Ramana Rao Yeragudipati & Shini Ramadoss

  2. Department of ECE, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, India

    Gulam Nabi Alsath Mohammed

  3. Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka

    Jeevani W. Jayasinghe

  4. Department of EEE, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

    Disala N. Udwawala

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Shanmuganathan, S., Kanagasabai, M., Mohammed, G.N.A. et al. Miniaturized wideband 5G millimeter-wave antenna with two-port positioning analysis for vehicular communication. Appl. Phys. A 128, 823 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05923-0

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