무선랜 MIMO용 L-형 슬롯 안테나 = L-shaped Slot Antenna for WLAN MIMO Application

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 논문에서는 격리도를 높이기 위한 디커플링 구조를 사용하지 않는 2.4 GHz (2.4 ~ 2.484 GHz) 및 5 GHz (5.15 ~ 5.825 GHz) WLAN용 MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) 안테나를 새롭게 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나는 PCB 좌측 및 우측 모서리에 위치하면서 양 끝이 개방된 두 개의 L-형 슬롯에 의해 부유된(floating) 접지면에 에칭된 두 개의 n-형 슬롯으로 구성된다. 제안된 안테나는 크기가 50 × 50 ㎟이고 두께가 1.6 mm, 유전율 4.3인 FR4 기판의 한쪽 면에서 설계 및 제작되었다. 제작된 안테나의 측정결과, 임피던스 대역폭 (S₁₁ ≤ -10 dB)이 2.4 GHz 대역에서는 0.3 GHz (2.28 ~ 2.58 GHz), 5 GHz 대역에서는 0.89 GHz (5.11 ~ 6GHz) 인 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 안테나의 전체 효율은 동작 주파수 전대역에서 80% 이상이며, 디커플링 구조를 사용하지 않았음에도 불구하고 상관계수는 0.05 이하의 매우 작은 값을 가진다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In the present study, a dual-band multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna covering WLAN frequency bands of 2.4 GHz (2.4 ~ 2.484 GHz) and 5 GHz (5.15 ~ 5.825 GHz) is newly presented to avoid use of decoupling structure for increasing isolation. The antenna consists of two L-shaped slots with n-shaped slots etched on the floating ground plane surrounded by open ended L-shaped slots which are placed in the left and right corner of PCB respectively. The proposed antenna is designed and fabricated on one side of FR4 substrate with dielectric constant of 4.3, thickness of 1.6 mm, and size of 50 × 50 ㎟. It has been observed that the measured impedance bandwidths (S₁₁ ≤-10 dB) are 0.3 GHz (2.28 ~ 2.58 GHz) in 2.4 GHz frequency band and 0.89 GHz (5.11 ~ 6 GHz) in 5 GHz frequency band respectively. In addition, It has been observed that the whole efficiency are more than 80 % in the whole operating frequency band and envelope correlation coefficient of the antenna is less than 0.05 as a very small value in spite of nothing of the decoupling structure.

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