Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications

Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications

Modern advancements in wearable smart devices and ultra-high-speed terahertz (THz) communication systems require low cost, low profile, and highly efficient antenna design with high directionality to address the propagation loss at the THz range. For this purpose, a novel shape, high gain antenna fo...

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Main Authors: Inzamam Ahmad, Sadiq Ullah, Shakir Ullah, Usman Habib, Sarosh Ahmad, Adnan Ghaffar, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Salahuddin Khan, Ernesto Limiti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Electronics
Subjects:
PBG
VSWR
THz
patch antenna
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/16/1941
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spelling doaj-59559fddf1234808b1a5391dcc1388ce2021-08-26T13:41:34ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922021-08-01101941194110.3390/electronics10161941Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz ApplicationsInzamam Ahmad0Sadiq Ullah1Shakir Ullah2Usman Habib3Sarosh Ahmad4Adnan Ghaffar5Mohammad Alibakhshikenari6Salahuddin Khan7Ernesto Limiti8Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan 23200, PakistanDepartment of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan 23200, PakistanDepartment of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan 23200, PakistanSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2DG, UKDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Faisalabad 38000, PakistanDepartment Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New ZealandElectronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyCollege of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi ArabiaElectronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyModern advancements in wearable smart devices and ultra-high-speed terahertz (THz) communication systems require low cost, low profile, and highly efficient antenna design with high directionality to address the propagation loss at the THz range. For this purpose, a novel shape, high gain antenna for THz frequency range applications is presented in this work. The proposed antenna is based on a photonic bandgap (PBG)-based crystal polyimide substrate which gives optimum performance in terms of gain (9.45 dB), directivity (9.99 dBi), and highly satisfactory VSWR (<1) at 0.63 THz. The performance of the antenna is studied on PBGs of different geometrical configurations and the results are compared with the antenna based on the homogeneous polyimide-based substrate. The effects of variations in the dimensions of the PBG unit cells are also studied to achieve a −10 dB bandwidth of 28.97 GHz (0.616 to 0.64 THz).https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/16/1941PBGVSWRTHzpatch antenna
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author Inzamam Ahmad
Sadiq Ullah
Shakir Ullah
Usman Habib
Sarosh Ahmad
Adnan Ghaffar
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Salahuddin Khan
Ernesto Limiti
spellingShingle Inzamam Ahmad
Sadiq Ullah
Shakir Ullah
Usman Habib
Sarosh Ahmad
Adnan Ghaffar
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Salahuddin Khan
Ernesto Limiti
Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
Electronics
PBG
VSWR
THz
patch antenna
author_facet Inzamam Ahmad
Sadiq Ullah
Shakir Ullah
Usman Habib
Sarosh Ahmad
Adnan Ghaffar
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Salahuddin Khan
Ernesto Limiti
author_sort Inzamam Ahmad
title Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
title_short Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
title_full Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
title_fullStr Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
title_full_unstemmed Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications
title_sort design and analysis of a photonic crystal based planar antenna for thz applications
publisher MDPI AG
series Electronics
issn 2079-9292
publishDate 2021-08-01
description Modern advancements in wearable smart devices and ultra-high-speed terahertz (THz) communication systems require low cost, low profile, and highly efficient antenna design with high directionality to address the propagation loss at the THz range. For this purpose, a novel shape, high gain antenna for THz frequency range applications is presented in this work. The proposed antenna is based on a photonic bandgap (PBG)-based crystal polyimide substrate which gives optimum performance in terms of gain (9.45 dB), directivity (9.99 dBi), and highly satisfactory VSWR (<1) at 0.63 THz. The performance of the antenna is studied on PBGs of different geometrical configurations and the results are compared with the antenna based on the homogeneous polyimide-based substrate. The effects of variations in the dimensions of the PBG unit cells are also studied to achieve a −10 dB bandwidth of 28.97 GHz (0.616 to 0.64 THz).
topic PBG
VSWR
THz
patch antenna
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/16/1941
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