A High Gain Multi-Port Series Fed Array Realized with Micromachined Low-Cost 3D-Printed Substrate

References

• C. K. Chua, and K. F. Leong. 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing: Principles and Applications. 5th ed. Hong Kong: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016.
   Google Scholar
• E. MacDonald, and R. Wicker, “Multiprocess 3D printing for increasing component functionality,” Science, Vol. 353, no. 6307, 2016. DOI:10.1126/science.aaf2093.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• T. Whittaker, S. Zhang, A. Powell, C. J. Stevens, J. Y. C. Vardaxoglou, and W. Whittow, “3D printing materials and techniques for antennas and metamaterials: A survey of the latest advances,” IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., Vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 10–20, June 2023.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• J. Huang, S. J. Chen, Z. Xue, W. Withayachumnankul, and C. Fumeaux, “Wideband circularly polarized 3-D printed dielectric Rod antenna,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 745–53, Feb. 2020.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Ferrando-Rocher, J. I. Herranz-Herruzo, A. Valero-Nogueira, and B. Bernardo-Clemente, “Selective laser sintering manufacturing as a low cost alternative for flat-panel antennas in millimeter-wave bands,” IEEE. Access., Vol. 9, pp. 45,721–45,729, Mar. 2021.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. Tamayo-Domínguez, J.-M. Fernández-González, and M. Sierra-Pérez, “Groove Gap waveguide in 3-D printed technology for low loss, weight, and cost distribution networks,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 4138–47, Nov. 2017.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• J. Huang, S. J. Chen, Z. Xue, W. Withayachumnankul, and C. Fumeaux, “Wideband Endfire 3-D-printed dielectric antenna with designable permittivity,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 2085–9, Nov. 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Y. Jun, A. Elibiary, B. Sanz-Izquierdo, L. Winchester, D. Bird, and A. McCleland, ““3-D printing of conformal antennas for diversity wrist worn applications,” IEEE Trans. Compon., Packag. Manuf. Technol., Vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 2227–35, Dec. 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. F. Farooqui, and A. Kishk, “3-D-Printed tunable circularly polarized Microstrip patch antenna,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 1429–32, July 2019.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• P. Kumar, S. Vaid, S. Singh, J. Kumar, A. Kumar, and S. Dwari, “Design of 3D printed multi-wavelength DRA,” IETE Tech. Rev., Vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 662–71, 2021.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Y. Qin, X. Mo, R. Li, T. Wong, and Y. Cui, “A broadband wide-beam circularly polarized antenna array for urban Macrocell base stations,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3478–83, May 2019.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• J. Garza, M. A. Panduro, A. Reyna, D. H. Covarrubias, and C. Brizuela, “Synthesis of a scannable pattern for 3D cubic antenna arrays,” IETE Tech. Rev., Vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 581–9, 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. Sharma, “Antenna array pattern synthesis using metaheuristic algorithms: A review,” IETE Tech. Rev., Vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 90–115, 2022. DOI:10.1080/02564602.2023.2220681.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. B. Devarapalli, T. Moyra, and P. K. Deb, “DNG Metamaterial-Based superstrate for performance enhancement of compact size wideband patch antenna,” IETE Tech. Rev., 2023.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• K. Saurav, N. K. Mallat, and Y. M. M. Antar, “A three-port polarization and pattern diversity ring antenna,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 1324–8, July 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• J. Choi, and F. T. Dagefu, “A Low-profile three-port antenna for compact polarization and pattern diversity systems,” IEEE Int. Symp. Antennas Propag. USNC-URSI Radio Sci. Meeting (APS/URSI), 493–4, 2021. DOI:10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9704381.
   Google Scholar
• H. Wang, L. Liu, Z. Zhang, Y. Li, and Z. Feng, “Ultra-Compact three-port MIMO antenna With high isolation and directional radiation patterns,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 13, pp. 1545–8, 2014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. K. Dwivedi, A. Sharma, A. K. Singh, and V. Singh, “Circularly polarized quad-port MIMO dielectric resonator antenna with beam tilting feature for vehicular communication,” IETE Tech. Rev., Vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 389–401, 2022.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Y. Sharma, D. Sarkar, K. Saurav, and K. V. Srivastava, “Three-Element MIMO antenna system with pattern and polarization diversity for WLAN applications,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 16, pp. 1163–6, 2017.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. H. Naqvi, and S. Lim, “A beam-steering antenna with a fluidically programmable metasurface,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 3704–11, June 2019.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Swapna, G. S. Karthikeya, S. K. Koul, and A. Basu. “A micromachined series-fed antenna array for WLAN applications,” 2022 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Bangalore, India, 2022, pp. 415–418. DOI: 10.1109/MAPCON56011.2022.10047314.
   Google Scholar
• S. Wang, X. Zhang, L. Zhu, and W. Wu, “Single-Fed Wide-Beamwidth circularly polarized patch antenna using dual-function 3-D printed substrate,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 649–53, April 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• G. McKerricher, D. Titterington, and A. Shamim, “A fully inkjet-printed 3-D honeycomb-inspired patch antenna,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 15, pp. 544–7, 2016.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R. Chopra, and G. Kumar, “Series- and corner-Fed planar Microstrip antenna arrays,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 5982–90, Sept. 2019.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• G. Sacco, P. D’Atanasio, and S. Pisa, “A wideband and Low-Sidelobe series-Fed patch array at 5.8 GHz for radar applications,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 9–13, Jan. 2020.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• B. Ratni, d. Lustrac, G. P. Piau, and S. N. Burokur, “Modeling and design of metasurfaces for beam scanning,” Appl. Phys. A, Vol. 123, no. 50, 2016. DOI:10.1007/s00339-016-0690-7.
   Google Scholar
• M. Khalily, R. Tafazolli, P. Xiao, and A. A. Kishk, “Broadband mm-wave microstrip array antenna with improved radiation characteristics for different 5G applications,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 4641–7, Sept. 2018.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• G. Feng, L. Chen, X. Xue, and X. Shi, “Broadband surface-wave antenna with a novel nonuniform tapered metasurface,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 16, pp. 2902–5, 2017.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• W. Yang, and J. Zhou, “Wideband circularly polarized cavity-backed aperture antenna with a parasitic square patch,” IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett., Vol. 13, pp. 197–200, 2014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Y.-H. Yu, Z.-Y. Zong, W. Wu, Q. Chen, and D.-G. Fang, “Dual-Polarized linear array with overlapping handover of subarray to produce continuous beam scanning for transmitarray antenna,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 859–68, Feb. 2021.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• C. Gu, et al., “3-D coverage beam-scanning antenna using feed array and active frequency-selective surface,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 5862–70, Nov. 2017.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R. Chopra, and G. Kumar, “Series-Fed binomial microstrip arrays for extremely low Sidelobe level,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 4275–9, June 2019.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Ogurtsov, and S. Koziel, “A conformal circularly polarized series-Fed Microstrip antenna array design,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 873–81, Feb. 2020.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Xu, D. Guan, L. Liu, Q. Zhang, H. Xu, and S. Yong, “A narrow-band circularly polarized leaky-wave antenna with open stopband suppressed,” Int. J. RF Microwave Comput. Aided Eng., Vol. 31, no. 7, 2021. DOI:10.1002/mmce.22647.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar