Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response

Abstract A novel conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response is proposed by utilizing a metamaterial (MTM). The dual band filtering characteristics are inherently derived from the MTM and achieved through the coaxial feed and the probe coupling. Meanwhile, the conical beam is realized by...

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Main Authors: Xianfeng Tang, Junli Lu, Xiangqiang Li, Che Xu, Qingfeng Wang, Jianqiong Zhang
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99380-3
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description Abstract A novel conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response is proposed by utilizing a metamaterial (MTM). The dual band filtering characteristics are inherently derived from the MTM and achieved through the coaxial feed and the probe coupling. Meanwhile, the conical beam is realized by using the cylindrical probe within the antenna aperture. Notably, the antenna exhibits remarkable compactness: firstly, the transverse size of the MTM is only ~ λ 1/7 or ~ λ 2/5, where λ 1 and λ 2 are the free space wavelength of central frequencies of the MTM’s two modes, respectively. Secondly, extra filters are circumvented owing to the filtering performance of the MTM. To substantiate the aforementioned characteristics, the proposed MTM antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured. The measured results show a good agreement with the simulated ones, indicating that the proposed conical beam antenna has two operating bands around 3 GHz and 4.3 GHz, respectively. Additionally, the excellent filtering performance is confirmed by the out-of-band gain suppression level of ~ 30 dB outside the two passbands. It is feasible to use the MTM to develop the dual band filtering antenna with conical radiation.
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spelling doaj-art-b5bf3d7577ae46d69b6505a26c11f3562025-08-20T02:10:49ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-0115111010.1038/s41598-025-99380-3Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering responseXianfeng Tang0Junli Lu1Xiangqiang Li2Che Xu3Qingfeng Wang4Jianqiong Zhang5School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU)Abstract A novel conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response is proposed by utilizing a metamaterial (MTM). The dual band filtering characteristics are inherently derived from the MTM and achieved through the coaxial feed and the probe coupling. Meanwhile, the conical beam is realized by using the cylindrical probe within the antenna aperture. Notably, the antenna exhibits remarkable compactness: firstly, the transverse size of the MTM is only ~ λ 1/7 or ~ λ 2/5, where λ 1 and λ 2 are the free space wavelength of central frequencies of the MTM’s two modes, respectively. Secondly, extra filters are circumvented owing to the filtering performance of the MTM. To substantiate the aforementioned characteristics, the proposed MTM antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured. The measured results show a good agreement with the simulated ones, indicating that the proposed conical beam antenna has two operating bands around 3 GHz and 4.3 GHz, respectively. Additionally, the excellent filtering performance is confirmed by the out-of-band gain suppression level of ~ 30 dB outside the two passbands. It is feasible to use the MTM to develop the dual band filtering antenna with conical radiation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99380-3Filtering antennaMetamaterialDual bandConical radiation
spellingShingle Xianfeng Tang
Junli Lu
Xiangqiang Li
Che Xu
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Jianqiong Zhang
Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
Scientific Reports
Filtering antenna
Metamaterial
Dual band
Conical radiation
title Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
title_full Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
title_fullStr Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
title_full_unstemmed Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
title_short Metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
title_sort metamaterial conical beam antenna with dual band filtering response
topic Filtering antenna
Metamaterial
Dual band
Conical radiation
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99380-3
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