Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis

Abstract This study presents a circularly-polarized (CP) planar monopole antenna designed for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications using characteristic mode analysis (CMA). Initially, a planar monopole antenna with a crescent moon-shaped radiator and a circular open-loop on an FR-4 substrate was design...

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Main Authors: Hyuk Heo, Myeong-Jun Kang, Seoungyong Park, Jisu Lee, Longyue Qu, Kyung-Young Jung
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78131-w
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description Abstract This study presents a circularly-polarized (CP) planar monopole antenna designed for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications using characteristic mode analysis (CMA). Initially, a planar monopole antenna with a crescent moon-shaped radiator and a circular open-loop on an FR-4 substrate was designed to achieve wideband characteristics, however, this antenna only satisfied a 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth within the 8.78–9.4 GHz range. To enhance the AR bandwidth, a triangular slit, a shark fin-shaped stub, and an L-shaped strip were added to the ground plane, generating orthogonal modes in the desired frequency band using CMA. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 30 × 24 × 1.6 mm2 (0.58 × 0.46 × 0.031 λ₀2). The − 10 dB S11 bandwidth is 5.73–10.78 GHz (61.21%) and the 3 dB AR bandwidth is 6–11.12 GHz (59.81%), achieving overlapped bandwidth from 6 to 10.78 GHz (56.9%). The proposed antenna has a realized gain 2.4–5.4 dBi and an average efficiency of 80% within the target frequency. A time-domain analysis, including group delay and system fidelity factor, is conducted to evaluate performance. The fabricated antenna demonstrates omnidirectional radiation patterns at various frequencies and performs well in both the time and frequency domains.
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spelling doaj-art-fe5bc24e913a4c75aad7b9480df0faad2025-08-20T02:18:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-10-0114111510.1038/s41598-024-78131-wDesign of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysisHyuk Heo0Myeong-Jun Kang1Seoungyong Park2Jisu Lee3Longyue Qu4Kyung-Young Jung5Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang UniversityDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang UniversityDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang UniversityDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang UniversitySchool of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)Department of Electronic Engineering, Hanyang UniversityAbstract This study presents a circularly-polarized (CP) planar monopole antenna designed for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications using characteristic mode analysis (CMA). Initially, a planar monopole antenna with a crescent moon-shaped radiator and a circular open-loop on an FR-4 substrate was designed to achieve wideband characteristics, however, this antenna only satisfied a 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth within the 8.78–9.4 GHz range. To enhance the AR bandwidth, a triangular slit, a shark fin-shaped stub, and an L-shaped strip were added to the ground plane, generating orthogonal modes in the desired frequency band using CMA. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 30 × 24 × 1.6 mm2 (0.58 × 0.46 × 0.031 λ₀2). The − 10 dB S11 bandwidth is 5.73–10.78 GHz (61.21%) and the 3 dB AR bandwidth is 6–11.12 GHz (59.81%), achieving overlapped bandwidth from 6 to 10.78 GHz (56.9%). The proposed antenna has a realized gain 2.4–5.4 dBi and an average efficiency of 80% within the target frequency. A time-domain analysis, including group delay and system fidelity factor, is conducted to evaluate performance. The fabricated antenna demonstrates omnidirectional radiation patterns at various frequencies and performs well in both the time and frequency domains.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78131-wUltra-widebandCharacteristic mode analysisCircularly-polarized antenna
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Longyue Qu
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Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
Scientific Reports
Ultra-wideband
Characteristic mode analysis
Circularly-polarized antenna
title Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
title_full Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
title_fullStr Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
title_full_unstemmed Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
title_short Design of a UWB circularly-polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
title_sort design of a uwb circularly polarized planar monopole antenna using characteristic mode analysis
topic Ultra-wideband
Characteristic mode analysis
Circularly-polarized antenna
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78131-w
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