Beam-Switching High Gain CP Graphene ME-Dipole Antenna for 5G MIMO Communications

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1 Faculty of Engineering, Pharos University Alexandria, Egypt

2 Faculty of Electronic Eng., Menoufia University, Menouf, Egypt,

Abstract

A wideband circularly polarized (CP) graphene-based magneto-electric (ME) antenna with reconfigurable radiation characteristics for 5G MIMO communications is presented in this paper. It consists of graphene patches deposited on silicon oxide substrate arranged horizontally and vertically to act as a ME-antenna. The reconfigurable conductivity of graphene is used to control the operating bandwidth of the antenna. The single element has an impedance matching bandwidth of 78.3 % with the circular polarized band of 61.2% for applying chemical potential, µc=2 eV. The effect of changing the graphene reconfigurable conductivity on the radiation characteristics of the ME-antenna is investigated. The operating bandwidth is controlled by proper biasing the graphene sheet. The peak gain and the antenna efficiency are increased with increasing the chemical potential value due to the increase in graphene conductivity. The mutual coupling between ME-antenna elements is investigated for linear and circular arrangement. Octagonal array consists of 8-similar elements are constructed to produce electronic beam switching in different directions. Single beam, dual-beams, and omni-directional beam is achieved by controlling the graphene conductivity of single, two, and all the ME-elements in the array. Three ring array are designed to switch the beam in different angles for highest coverage area.

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Menoufia Journal of Electronic Engineering Research
Volume 28, ICEEM2019-Special Issue
ICEEM2019-Special Issue: 1st International Conference on Electronic Eng., Faculty of Electronic Eng., Menouf, Egypt, 7-8 Dec.
2019
Pages 8-13

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