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A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications
This paper proposes a graded effective refractive indexes (GRIN) dielectric lens for 5G applications. The inhomogeneous holes in the dielectric plate are perforated to provide GRIN in the proposed lens. The constructed lens employs a collection of slabs that correspond to the specified graded effect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10223486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37241621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14050997 |
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author | Aljaloud, Khaled Aladadi, Yosef T. Alkanhal, Majeed A. S. Abdulkawi, Wazie M. Hussain, Rifaqat |
author_facet | Aljaloud, Khaled Aladadi, Yosef T. Alkanhal, Majeed A. S. Abdulkawi, Wazie M. Hussain, Rifaqat |
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description | This paper proposes a graded effective refractive indexes (GRIN) dielectric lens for 5G applications. The inhomogeneous holes in the dielectric plate are perforated to provide GRIN in the proposed lens. The constructed lens employs a collection of slabs that correspond to the specified graded effective refractive index. The thickness and the whole lens dimensions are optimized based on designing a compact lens with optimum lens antenna performance (impedance matching bandwidth, gain, 3 dB beamwidth, and sidelobe level). A wideband (WB) microstrip patch antenna is designed to be operated over the entire band of interest from 26 GHz to 30.5 GHz. For the 5G mm-wave band of operation, the behavior of the proposed lens along with a microstrip patch antenna is analyzed at 28 GHz for various performance parameters, including impedance matching bandwidth, 3 dB beamwidth, maximum gain, and sidelobe level. It has been observed that the antenna exhibits good performance over the entire band of interest in terms of gain, 3 dB beamwidth, and sidelobe level. The numerical simulation results are validated using two different simulation solvers. The proposed unique and innovative configuration is well-suited for 5G high gain antenna solutions with a low-cost and lightweight antenna structure. |
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spelling | pubmed-102234862023-05-28 A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications Aljaloud, Khaled Aladadi, Yosef T. Alkanhal, Majeed A. S. Abdulkawi, Wazie M. Hussain, Rifaqat Micromachines (Basel) Article This paper proposes a graded effective refractive indexes (GRIN) dielectric lens for 5G applications. The inhomogeneous holes in the dielectric plate are perforated to provide GRIN in the proposed lens. The constructed lens employs a collection of slabs that correspond to the specified graded effective refractive index. The thickness and the whole lens dimensions are optimized based on designing a compact lens with optimum lens antenna performance (impedance matching bandwidth, gain, 3 dB beamwidth, and sidelobe level). A wideband (WB) microstrip patch antenna is designed to be operated over the entire band of interest from 26 GHz to 30.5 GHz. For the 5G mm-wave band of operation, the behavior of the proposed lens along with a microstrip patch antenna is analyzed at 28 GHz for various performance parameters, including impedance matching bandwidth, 3 dB beamwidth, maximum gain, and sidelobe level. It has been observed that the antenna exhibits good performance over the entire band of interest in terms of gain, 3 dB beamwidth, and sidelobe level. The numerical simulation results are validated using two different simulation solvers. The proposed unique and innovative configuration is well-suited for 5G high gain antenna solutions with a low-cost and lightweight antenna structure. MDPI 2023-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10223486/ /pubmed/37241621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14050997 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Aljaloud, Khaled Aladadi, Yosef T. Alkanhal, Majeed A. S. Abdulkawi, Wazie M. Hussain, Rifaqat A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title | A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title_full | A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title_fullStr | A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title_short | A Wideband GRIN Dielectric Lens Antenna for 5G Applications |
title_sort | wideband grin dielectric lens antenna for 5g applications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10223486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37241621 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14050997 |
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