Design of Dual-Band and Low-Profile SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna for 5G Applications

Authors

  • Amit Kumar Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-2236
  • Amit Kumar Singh Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.17136

Keywords:

Cavity-backed, dual-band, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), slot antenna, 5G

Abstract

In this communication, the design of a dual-band and low-profile SIW cavity-backed slot antenna operating at K-band and Ka-band has been proposed to expand the Impedance bandwidth (IBW) of the antenna. The dual-band antenna consists of the SIW cavity with two parallel slots etched on the conductor’s ground plane. To obtain a dual-band, higher-order hybrid modes are tuned and combined to form the second band of the proposed antenna with a broader bandwidth. For dual-band antenna, fractional bandwidth of 5.26% and 6.15% are attained with the maximum gain of 5.45 dBi and 6.15 dBi at 24.7 GHz and 27.8 GHz, respectively. A cavity-backed antenna using via-hole and the slot has been proposed to improve an IBW and other antenna performance parameters. Via-hole establishes a connection between the top and bottom surfaces of the cavity, creating a new path for the current to flow by shortening the slot’s effective length. An IBW of 4.2 GHz (15.32%), where a gain of 7.8 dBi and 9.2 dBi have been realized at 25.9 GHz and 28.8 GHz, respectively. Isolation of less than 25 dB has been achieved through simulation. In terms of λ0, the overall volumetric dimension of the proposed antenna is 1.68 λ0×1.31λ0×0.04λ0. The proposed design demonstrates better performance in terms of antenna parameters, including compactness, good radiation characteristics, enhanced impedance bandwidth, and higher gain than the latest state of the art.

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Author Biographies

Amit Kumar, Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

Amit Kumar was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1993. He received his B.TECH degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies and Research, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), India, in 2014 and master’s degree in Electronics and Communication (ECE) from University School of Information, Communication and Technology (USIC&T), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), India, in 2016. He is currently pursuing his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India. His research interests include SIW-based antennas and circuits, Broadband Antennas, Circularly Polarized antennas for MMW and THz Bands.

Amit Kumar Singh, Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

Amit Kumar Singh received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics engineering from VBS Purvanchal University Jaunpur (U.P), India in 2001, the M.E. degree in Communication Systems from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur (M.P), India in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the I.I.T. (B.H.U.) Varanasi in 2010 respectively. From May 2005 to September 2006, he was a Junior research fellow and Senior research fellow at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. From September 2006 to October 2007, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Electronics & communication Engineering, B.I.T SINDRI, Dhanbad, India. He joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, as an Assistant Professor in October 2007. He was working as Assistant Professor in the Electronics Engineering department in IIT (BHU) since June 2012 to July 2018. He was working as Associate Professor in the Electronics Engineering department in IIT (BHU) since July 2012 to till date. His research interest includes the areas of design of millimeter frequency antennas, feeds for parabolic reflectors, dielectric resonator antennas, microstrip antennas, EBG, artificial magnetic conductors, soft and hard surfaces, Antennas for RFIDs, phased array antennas, and computer aided design for antennas. He has published over 70 journal articles and conference articles.

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Published

2021-02-03

How to Cite

Kumar, A. ., & Singh, A. K. . (2021). Design of Dual-Band and Low-Profile SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna for 5G Applications. Journal of Mobile Multimedia, 17(1-3), 127–140. https://doi.org/10.13052/jmm1550-4646.17136

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2021: Vol 17 Iss 1-3

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CONASENSE