A hybrid reconfigurability structure for a novel 5G monopole antenna for future mobile communication
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Muhammad Kamran Shereen
,
Muhammad Irfan Khattak
and
Mua’th Al-Hasan
Abstract
A novel printed and compact profile monopole antenna with hybrid reconfigurability structure for switching the resonant frequency and direction of maximum radiations is proposed in this research work. A novel mathematical model for the architecture of Reconfigurable Patch Antenna (RPA), considering input impedance, bandwidth, antenna gain, antenna efficiency and resonant frequency is proposed. For the desired functionality, antenna is incorporated with three switches in such a way that Switch 1 and Switch 2 direct the radiation beam patterns towards different directions while Switch 3 controls the frequency reconfigurability. When Switch 3 is ON, the designed antenna operates at 26.4 GHz covering the 24.2–26.5 GHz band. When Switch 3 is OFF, it operates at 28 GHZ, covering the 27.4–29.8 GHz band. The antenna is proposed to operate at the 5G mobile communication band having a center frequency at 27.6 GHz with a reflection coefficient of −21.5 dB. A 3D design tool HFSS has been used for the simulation purposes.
Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved suleasebmission. Muhammad Kamran Shereen provided the idea, performed the experiments and managed the paper. Muhammad Irfan Khattak conceived of the presented idea, verified the analytical methods contributed to the interpretation of the results and took the lead in writing the manuscript. Mua’th Al-Hasan assisted in the idea development and paper writing. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Research funding: None declared. Non Funded Work.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- A hybrid reconfigurability structure for a novel 5G monopole antenna for future mobile communication
- 3-D printed CDRA for radiation beam reconfigurability and beamforming in C-band
- Dual circular slot ring triple-band MIMO antenna for 5G applications
- Highly efficient artificial magnetic conductor enabled CPW fed compact antenna for BAN wearable applications
- Electrical equivalent circuit modelling of various fractal inspired UWB Antennas
- Broadband gain enhancement of an UWB antenna using conformal wideband NRI metamaterial
- Non-invasive detection and discrimination of breast tumors at early stage using spiral antenna
- Wear-level-monitoring on electrical conductors with high-frequency alternating currents
