Modal Resonant Frequencies and Radiation Quality Factors of Microstrip Antennas

The chosen rectangular and fractal microstrip patch antennas above an infinite ground plane are analyzed by the theory of characteristic modes. The resonant frequencies and radiation Q are evaluated. A novel method by Vandenbosch for rigorous evaluation of the radiation Q is employed for modal currents on a Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) mesh. It is found that the resonant frequency of a rectangular patch antenna with a dominant mode presents quite complicated behaviour including having a minimum at a specific height. Similarly, as predicted from the simple wire model, the radiation Q exhibits a minimum too. It is observed that the presence of out-of-phase currents flowing along the patch antenna leads to a significant increase of the Q factor

Obrazovanje na području antena, rasprostiranja valova i mikrovalova

The paper is focused on teaching of »applied microwaves«. Attention is turned to antennas, but the same structure of education process is possible to apply for e.g. radio-wave propagation, microwaves, EMC, and other »electromagnetic topics« in their whole. The structure of the education is based on the appropriate amount of the theory followed by the computer simulations, the theoretical and engineering design and development, the measurement and final evaluation, which acts as the feedback between the initial goals and the final results. Important role of laboratory experiments based on flexible experimental set-ups is introduced and the possibility of distant (internet) laboratory excess is mentioned.Rad je usredotočen na učenje »primijenjenih mikrovalova«. Pozornost je okrenuta antenama, ali se ista struktura obrazovnog procesa može primijeniti na rasprostiranje radijskih valova, mikrovalove, elektromagnetsku kompatibilnost i druge elektromagnetske sadržaje. Struktura obrazovanja osniva se na odgovarajućoj teoriji popraćenoj simulacijama na računalu, teorijskom i inženjerskim proračunima i razvoju, mjerenjima i konačnoj provjeri, koja djeluje kao povratna veza između početnih ciljeva i konačnih rezultata. Utvrđena je važna uloga laboratorijskih eksperimenata temeljenih na fleksibilnim eksperimentalnim modelima i spomenuta mogućnost učenja na daljinu

A Head/Taillight Featuring Hybrid Planar Visible Light Communications/Millimetre Wave Antenna for Vehicular Communications

With the emergence of the fifth generation and beyond mobile networks, both visible light communications (VLC) and radio frequency (RF) or millimetre wave (mmW) systems are expected to maintain the connectivity in various environments. In outdoor environments the link (VLC or RF) availability is paramount, which is affected by channel conditions. In particular, in vehicular communications other vehicles, harsh environment, and road geometry and structure will have the impact on the link connectivity and availability. In such cases, a front-end antenna solution, which benefits both optical and RF communication links, can be seen as an attractive option that can be fitted in future vehicles. In this paper, we present the design and practical implementation of a planar hybrid VLC/mmW antenna operating at 20.8 GHz and show measured results for characterization of RF and VLC links as well as communications performance. We have used the widely adopted on-off keying and quadrature amplitude modulation schemes with different orders to demonstrate data rates of 5 Mb/s and up to 100 Mb/s for the VLC and mmW links, respectively. By measuring the bit error rate and the error vector magnitude for VLC and Rf links, respectively for each modulation we have shown that the proposed hybrid planar antenna is suitable for example in a typical vehicle -to-vehicle communications

Compact Circular/Linear Polarization Dual-Band Prime-Focus Feed for Space Communication

We propose a novel, compact, prime-focus antenna feed for space communication. The feed requires full-wave simulator optimization for a given parabolic reflector and is designed to operate simultaneously on two bands, offering LHC/RHC polarizations for the 13 cm band and V/H polarizations for the 70 cm band. With performance results confirmed by measurement, it has been verified in practice that this compact feed is suitable for use in a low-noise Earth-Moon-Earth communication link