Design and development of a graphene-based reconfigurable patch antenna array for THz applications

Isam Eddine Lamri; Sarosh Ahmad; Mohammed Farouk Nakmouche; Adnan Ghaffar; Diaa E. Fawzy; A.M.M.A. Allam; Esraa Mousa Ali; Mariana Dalarsson; Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

doi:10.1515/freq-2022-0051

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Design and development of a graphene-based reconfigurable patch antenna array for THz applications

Isam Eddine Lamri , Sarosh Ahmad , Mohammed Farouk Nakmouche , Adnan Ghaffar , Diaa E. Fawzy , A.M.M.A. Allam , Esraa Mousa Ali , Mariana Dalarsson and Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

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From the journal Frequenz Volume 77 Issue 3-4

Abstract

This paper presents a graphene-based antenna array for terahertz (THz) applications. The suggested antenna array has four radiating square shaped patches fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) technique. The proposed antenna array operates at the three frequencies with operational bandwidths of 1.173–1.210 THz (at 1.19 THz), 1.270–1.320 THz (at 1.3 GHz), and 1.368–1.346 THz (at 1.4 GHz). The total area of the antenna array is reported as 1000 × 1000 µm², printed on a Silicon substrate with a thickness of 20 µm and a dielectric constant of ϵ_r = 11.9. To enhance the structure’s performance and optimize the feeding network, a parametric analysis was performed using the FDTD technique. Furthermore, the key properties of the proposed antenna array, such as resonance frequency, peak gain, and radiation efficiency, may be changed by adjusting the chemical potentials of the graphene in the antenna array. The use of graphene’s chemical potential tuneability yields exceptional results comparing to the recent research outputs, with a peak gain and radiation efficiency of 10.45 dB and 70%, respectively. These results show the performance of the suggested design for constructing antenna arrays for use in THz applications.

Keywords: antenna array; graphene-based reconfigurable antenna; terahertz wireless applications; triple-band

Corresponding authors: Sarosh Ahmad, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 2P3, Canada; and Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: saroshahmad@sce.carleton.ca; and Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain, E-mail: mohammad.alibakhshikenari@uc3m.es

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: This project has received funding from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant 801538.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Data availability: All data are included within the manuscript.

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Received: 2022-03-04

Accepted: 2022-06-21

Published Online: 2022-07-11

Published in Print: 2023-04-25

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