A Dual-Frequency Series-Fed Patch Array Antenna

Abstract-A novel dual-frequency concept for series-fed microstrip patch array antennas is proposed. An identical near field distribution following an identical far field characteristic was achieved at two different frequencies. The conventional series fed array comes with a uniform aperture distribution for patches of same width. By exploiting the dispersion of this periodic structure the same cosine aperture distribution at two different frequencies is obtained. Due to the cosine aperture distribution a low side lobe level of 23 dB is intrinsically achieved for the two operating frequencies, 23 GHz and 25 GHz. This concept is particularly suited for small frequency ratios (f+/f− < 1.3)

Infrastructure-Aided Localization With UWB Antenna Arrays

This paper presents an approach for a precise 2D-localization of a mobile station in indoor scenarios using a single base station only. In the approach both, the Direction of Arrival (DoA) and the Time of Arrival (ToA), are estimated using ultra-wideband (UWB) beamformers at both sides of the link. The article describes the algorithm, as well as the required hardware which among these are dual-linear polarized, directive UWB antenna arrays and an UWB-beam-forming network, based on finite impulse response-filters (FIR-filters) which permits the steering of the beamformer