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Rectangular M‐PRS structure for sectoral base station antenna with vertical polarization
Author(s) -
Hajj Mohamad,
Rodes Emmanuel,
Serhal Dina,
Chreim Hassan,
Arnaud Eric,
Jecko Bernard
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25044
Subject(s) - directivity , ground plane , microwave , umts frequency bands , base station , radiation pattern , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , acoustics , engineering , bandwidth (computing) , electrical engineering , physics , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , chemistry
This article presents a new method to realize sectoral antennas for base station by incorporating metallic partially reflecting surface (M‐PRS).The main idea consists in inserting simple radiating elements, as patches, inside a Fabry‐Perot cavity resonator. This consists of a ground plane, where the feeding system rests covered by a rectangular M‐PRS. A patch array is used as a feeding structure to enhance directivity and radiation bandwidth. A rectangular M‐PRS antenna for the uplink UMTS frequency band [1.92–1.98 GHz] working in vertical polarization is designed, and its performances are disclosed. Finally, a prototype is realized and the experimental measurements are compared to the simulated ones. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52:990–994, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25044