A Compact Filtering Antenna System with Wide-Angle Scanning Capability for V2I Communication

HAN Chuang; LI Tong; ZHANG Zhaolin; WANG Ling; YANG Guangwei

doi:10.23919/cje.2023.00.039

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Chuang HAN, Tong LI, Zhaolin ZHANG, et al., “A Compact Filtering Antenna System with Wide-Angle Scanning Capability for V2I Communication,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 516–526, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.039

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Chuang HAN, Tong LI, Zhaolin ZHANG, et al., “A Compact Filtering Antenna System with Wide-Angle Scanning Capability for V2I Communication,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 516–526, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.039

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A Compact Filtering Antenna System with Wide-Angle Scanning Capability for V2I Communication

doi: 10.23919/cje.2023.00.039

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School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
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School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK

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Chuang HAN received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnial University (NPU), Xi’an, China, in 2012, 2015 and 2019, respectively. Currently, he works as an Associate Researcher at NPU. His recent research interests include array signal process, antenna analysis and synthesis, satellite communication systems, and satellite navigation systems

Tong LI received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from NPU in 2016 and 2019, respectively. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at NPU. Her current research interests include wireless communications and satellite communications

Zhaolin ZHANG received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from NPU in 2000, 2005, and 2012, respectively. He is an Associate Professor with NPU. His research interests include antenna array processing, adaptive antijamming, and multimedia communication

Ling WANG received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2004, respectively. From 2004 to 2007, he was with Siemens and Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland. Since 2007, he has been with NPU as a Professor. Currently, he serves as the Dean of School of Electronics and Information. His current research interests include array processing and smart antennas, wideband communications, cognitive radio, adaptive anti-jamming for satellite communications, satellite navigation, and date link systems

Guangwei YANG received the B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in electronic engineering in NPU in 2012, 2015, 2019, respectively. He is currently working at Queen Mary University of London as a Royal Society-Newton International Fellow. He was a Postdocal Researcher in the Antenna, Propagation and Millimeter-wave Systems (APMS) Section, Aalborg University, Denmark from 2019 to 2020. He also serves as a Reviewer for all the IEEE and IET journals related to antennas. His recent research interests include advanced antenna systems, multi-beam antennas, phased array, lens antennas, mm-wave array antennas for wireless communication, wireless communication, microwave and optical metamaterials, and spatial modulation. (Email: gwyang086@gmail.com)
Corresponding author: Email: gwyang086@gmail.com
Received Date: 2023-02-11
Accepted Date: 2023-05-23

Available Online: 2023-07-28

Publish Date: 2024-03-05

Abstract

Abstract

A compact filtering antenna system with wide-angle scanning is proposed for vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communication which would handle complex communication scenarios. In this work, a wide beam filtering antenna is realized by using some inductive resistance structures such as metal pins and pillars, and capacitive structures such as slots, parasitical patches to produce the radiation nulls at two sides of the operating frequency band and improve the impedance matching in the passband. Meanwhile, the wide beam capability is also realized by the above structure. Furthermore, two H- and E-plane linear arrays are designed for the beam scanning capability with filtering characteristics based on the proposed antenna. To verify the proposed design concept, a prototype is fabricated and measured. The measurement and simulation agree well, demonstrating an excellent filtering characteristic with the operating frequency band from 3.18 to 3.45 GHz (about 8.1%), the high total efficiency of about 88%, and 3-dB-beamwidth of more than 100° and 120° in the above two arrays, respectively. Additionally, the proposed arrays can realize the beam scanning up to the coverage of 112° and 120° with a lower gain reduction and a good filtering characteristic, respectively.
- Filtering antenna,
- Wide beam,
- Beam scanning,
- Beam steering,
- Phased array

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