Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas

Yong Cai; Y. Jay Guo; Peiyuan Qin

doi:10.1109/APS.2011.5996818

Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas

Yong Cai^*, Y. Jay Guo, Peiyuan Qin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A frequency agile quasi-Yagi dipole sub-array is proposed as an array element for base station antennas. The sub-array consists of four printed Yagi dipole antennas loaded with PIN diodes. The lengths of the director and driven dipole elements can be changed by controlling the PIN diodes states so that the sub-array can operate in either 2.5 or 3.5GHz band. Simulation results show that by using a broadband microstrip-to-coplanar stripline (CPS) feeding structure, the sub-array is well matched with impedance bandwidth (|S₁₁| ≤ 10dB) of 6.5% and 10.5% in the lower and higher bands, respectively. The end-fire fan-beam pattern is obtained across the dual bands, which makes the antenna element suitable for base station applications that require frequency reconfigurability. Predicted gains are 9.4 and 12dBi at 2.5 and 3.5GHz, respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI 2011)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	738-741
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781424495634, 9781424495610
ISBN (Print)	9781424495627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2011.5996818
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2011 - Spokane, WA, United States Duration: 3 Jul 2011 → 8 Jul 2011

Publication series

Name	Digest : Digest - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium
Publisher	IEEE Service Center
ISSN (Print)	1522-3965
ISSN (Electronic)	1947-1491

Other

Other	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2011
Country	United States
City	Spokane, WA
Period	3/07/11 → 8/07/11

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Cai, Y., Guo, Y. J., & Qin, P. (2011). Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas. In 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI 2011) (pp. 738-741). [5996818] (Digest : Digest - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2011.5996818

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Cai, Y, Guo, YJ & Qin, P 2011, Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas. in 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI 2011)., 5996818, Digest : Digest - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 738-741, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2011, Spokane, WA, United States, 3/07/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2011.5996818

Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas. / Cai, Yong; Guo, Y. Jay; Qin, Peiyuan.

2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI 2011). Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. p. 738-741 5996818 (Digest : Digest - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium).

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Cai Y, Guo YJ, Qin P. Frequency switchable quasi-Yagi dipole array for base station antennas. In 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI 2011). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2011. p. 738-741. 5996818. (Digest : Digest - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium). https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.2011.5996818