An elliptically-inspired microstrip antenna is utilized in this paper to operate in the V-band (52.9-70 GHz) of the millimeter frequency range for 5G applications. 2-port and 4-port multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) configurations are designed, fabricated, and tested to validate the desired radiation and impedance characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper proposes a flexible, frequency-reconfigurable monopole antenna design with frequency selective surface (FSS) for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The proposed antenna operates at three of the IoT frequency bands. This antenna is a coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed monopole with two balanced arms printed on a thin ROGERS 3003 flexible substrate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA reconfigurable wideband monopole antenna is introduced in this paper for cognitive radio and wireless applications. The reconfigurability was achieved by four varactor diodes embedded in the band pass filter (BPF) structure which was integrated with the suggested antenna through its feed line. The simulated impedance characteristics coped with the measured ones after fabricating the suggested model with/without the reconfigurable BPF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProduct warranty seals or stickers are criteria for after-sale warranty services. The unauthorized removal or modification of a seal will void the warranty. So far, there is no detection method to confirm the warranty, other than the visual inspection of the deformation of the seal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, we present a textile multiple-input−multiple-output (MIMO) antenna designed with a metamaterial inspired reactive impedance surface (RIS) and electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) using viscose-wool felt. Rectangular RIS was used as a reflector to improve the antenna gain and bandwidth to address well known crucial challenges—maintaining gain while reducing mutual coupling in MIMO antennas. The RIS unit cell was designed to achieve inductive impedance at the center frequency of 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, a compact textile ultrawideband (UWB) planar monopole antenna loaded with a metamaterial unit cell array (MTMUCA) structure with epsilon-negative (ENG) and near-zero refractive index (NZRI) properties is proposed. The proposed MTMUCA was constructed based on a combination of a rectangular- and a nonagonal-shaped unit cell. The size of the antenna was 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based communications gained a lot of attention due to their numerous applications, especially in rescue services in post-disaster areas where the terrestrial network is wholly malfunctioned. Multiple access/gateway UAVs are distributed to fully cover the post-disaster area as flying base stations to provide communication coverage, collect valuable information, disseminate essential instructions, etc. The access UAVs after gathering/broadcasting the necessary information should select and fly towards one of the surrounding gateways for relaying their information.
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