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A Fermi-Dirac Function-Based Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for mmWave Applications

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This research article presents a design of a wideband antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AVA) to achieve broadband performances in the millimeter wave range. The design provides excellent fractional bandwidth of 186.54% which ranges from 10.45 to above 300 GHz. It is a compact antenna that is designed by using the Fermi-Dirac function. At first, the Fermi-Dirac function is used to design an outer exponential curve. The inner curve is the quarter part of a circle. A simple but effective rectangular shaped corrugations enhancement method is also incorporated in AVA for bandwidth and gain improvement. The designed AVA is fabricated on Roger’s RT/duroid 5880 substrate and its size is 30 mm \(\times\) 12 mm \(\times\) 0.5 mm. The corrugations improve the gain of simple Fermi-Dirac function-based AVA up to 6.76 dBi and it ranges from 7.2 to 13.1 dBi. Also, it provides a stable and an improved efficiency which is in the range of 91.5 to 97.85%. The fabricated antenna is experimentally tested to validate the simulated results. Both results are in good agreement with each other. Further, the functionality of the proposed AVA is almost stable over the desired frequency range. The designed compact AVA is very wideband antenna which gives stable radiation patterns and high gain. Hence, it is the best choice for various millimeter wave applications like 5G, radar, satellite, and medical imaging.

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This project received funding from Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (Reference Number: SIU/SCRI/MJRP/19-20/1516-D).

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Dixit, A.S., Kumar, S. A Fermi-Dirac Function-Based Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for mmWave Applications. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 43, 244–259 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-022-00854-6

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