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Design of Double Dipole Quasi-Yagi Antenna with enhanced bandwidth and gain

대역폭과 이득이 향상된 이중 다이폴 준-야기 안테나 설계

  • Yeo, Junho (School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Daegu University)
  • Received : 2016.09.21
  • Accepted : 2016.10.01
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

In this paper, the bandwidth and gain enhancement of a double-dipole quasi-Yagi antenna (DDQYA) using a modified balun and two directors is studied. The proposed DDQYA consists of two strip dipoles with different lengths, a ground reflector, which are connected through a coplanar strip line, and two directors. The modified balun is used to increase the bandwidth, whereas two directors are appended to the DDQYA to enhance the gain in the middle and high frequency band. The effects of the length and width of the first director on the antenna performance are analyzed, and final design parameters to obtain a gain over 7 dBi at 1.60-2.90 GHz band are obtained. A prototype of the proposed DDQYA is fabricated on an FR4 substrate, and the experimental results show that the antenna has a frequency band of 1.57-3.00 GHz for a VSWR < 2, and measured gain ranges 7.1-7.8 dBi at 1.60-2.90 GHz band.

본 논문에서는 변형된 밸런과 두 개의 도파기를 이용하여 이중 다이폴 준-야기 안테나(double-dipole quasi-Yagi antenna; DDQYA)의 대역폭과 이득을 향상시키는 방법에 관하여 연구하였다. 제안된 DDQYA 안테나는 두 개의 서로 다른 길이의 스트립 다이폴 안테나, 접지 반사기, 두 개의 도파기로 구성된다. 대역폭을 늘리기 위해 변형된 밸런을 사용하였고, 중간 및 고주파수 대역에서 이득을 높이기 위해 두 개의 도파기를 추가하였다. 첫 번째 도파기의 길이와 폭에 따른 안테나의 특성 변화를 분석하여 1.60-2.90 GHz 대역에서 7 dBi이상의 이득을 얻기 위한 최종 설계 변수를 얻었다. 최종 설계된 DDQYA 안테나를 FR4 기판 상에 제작하고 특성을 실험한 결과 전압 정재파비(voltage standing wave ratio; VSWR)가 2 이하인 대역은 1.57-3.00 GHz이고, 1.60-2.90 GHz 대역에서 이득이 7.1-7.8 dBi로 7 dBi 이상을 유지하는 것을 확인하였다.

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