Beam Steerable and Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna Array for 5G Mobile Networks
Muhammad Farooq, Shahid Bashir* and Salman Ilahi Siddiqui
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
*Correspondence: Shahid Bashir, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email: shahid.bashir@uetpeshawar.edu.pk
Figure 1:
Proposed Antenna element. (a) Front view of antenna element (b) Inner patch of antenna element (c) Side view of antenna element.
Figure 2:
Antenna element with switches.
Figure 3:
1x8 element array.
Figure 4:
Proposed beam steering antenna array.
Figure 5:
Prospective position of proposed array in typical mobile phone.
Figure 6:
DGS at the ground plane between two elements.
Figure 7:
Return loss of single element.
Figure 8:
Return loss for the proposed antenna.
Figure 9:
Mutual coupling between two elements by turning OFF both switches.
Figure 10:
Mutual coupling between two elements by turning one switch OFF and one ON.
Figure 11:
Mutual coupling between two elements by turning ON both switches.
Figure 12:
Simulated Radiation pattern; (a) Only Array-1 excited; (b) Only Array-2 excited; (c) Only Array-3 excited.
Figure 13:
Maximum Gain vs Frequency.
Figure 14:
Maximum Directivity vs Frequency.