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Hung-Jui Lam, Yingying Lu, Huilian Du,Poman P.M. So and Jens Bornemann
TimeTime--Domain Modeling ofDomain Modeling ofGroupGroup--Delay CharacteristicsDelay Characteristics
of Ultraof Ultra--WidebandWidebandPrintedPrinted--Circuit AntennasCircuit Antennas
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6 Canada
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OutlineOutlineIntroduction/Motivation
Ultra-Wideband Printed-Circuit Antennas
Phase Center Calculations
Group Delay Calculations
Coplanar UWB Antenna
Microstrip UWB Antenna
Conclusions
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Introduction/MotivationIntroduction/MotivationUltra Wide-Band (UWB) technology has received increased attention with the release of the 3.1-10.6 GHz band.UWB antennas in printed-circuit technologies within relatively small substrate areas is of primary importance in short-range and high bandwidth applications.UWB systems involve the transmission and reception of short pulses; the variations of radiated amplitudes and phases over frequency contribute to the distortion of the pulse.Phase distortions are represented by either a varying phase center over frequency or by the group delay.This presentation focuses on a time-domain approach (transient analysis) to determine the group delay of printed-circuit UWB antennas. The TLM method (MEFiSTo-3D) is used as a simulation tool.
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Ultra-Wideband Printed-Circuit Antennas – Examples: Microstrip
Choi, Park, Kim, Park, MOTL, No. 5, March 2004
3.1 - 10.6 GHzVariations ≈ 300 ps
Chuang, Lin, Kan, Microw. J., Jan. 2006 and Lin, Kan, Kuo, Chuang, MWCL, Oct. 2005
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Ultra-Wideband Printed-Circuit Antennas – Examples: Coplanar
Ma,Tseng,Trans AP, Apr. 2006 Nikolaou, Anagnostou, Ponchak,Tentzeris, Papapolymerou, ,APS Dig., 2006
measured
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Phase Center Calculations - Method I
Frequency domain Far fieldCalculate the spherical wave front in the far field.Compute the apparent phase center along the antenna surface or axis.
Time consuming !
C1C2
Ф2=ФoФ1=Фo
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Ф3’=Фo’
Ф1’=Фo’
Ф2’=Фo’
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Phase Center Calculations - Method IIFrequency domain Near field
From a reference point on the surface of the antenna, compute the phase variation in the near field over the main beam.A valid phase center location is detected if the phase variationover the main beam is within a few degrees.
phase center
microstrip circuit
Rambabu, Thiart, Bornemann, Yu, Trans. AP, Dec. 2006
No longer an option in HFSS !
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Group Delay CalculationsTime domain
Generate a pulse covering the respective frequency spectrum.Excite antenna and detect radiated pulse. Fourier transform both pulses and record phase response. Calculate the group delay from the derivative of the phase response.
Setup in MEFiSTo-3D
Note that the model includes the coax-to-CPW transition.
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Coplanar UWB Antenna
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New CPW UWB antenna for 3.1- 10.6 GHz bandLam, Bornemann, EMC Symp., July 2007
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Input Return Loss ( |S11|)
Input reflection coefficient: Comparison between HFSS and MEFiSTo
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Group Delay and Amplitude
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Group delay variation in principal polarization is better than other published values.
Variation in amplitudes are consistent with HFSS computations of radiation patterns.
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Microstrip UWB Antenna
Lin, Kan, Kuo, Chuang, MWCL, Oct. 2005
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Group Delay and Amplitude
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Group delay variation is inferior to that of the CPW antenna.
Amplitude variations in main polarization are almost identical.
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Comparison
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Peak gain of CPW antenna: 1.7 – 5.1 dBi
Comparable nearly omnidirectional radiation patterns; characteristic deteriorates towards 10 GHz.
< 8.8 dB< 8.7 dBAmplitude variation
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Microstrip Antenna
Coplanar Antenna
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The Transmission-Line Matrix method in form ofMEFiSTo-3D is applied to determine the group delay characteristics of printed-circuit UWB antennas. It is found that transient (time-domain) analysis has several advantages over frequency-domain phase center computations.The method is applied to two different printed-circuit UWB antennas, and their performances are compared. The design in CPW technology outperforms a comparable design using microstip circuitry.
ConclusionsConclusions