Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon

Antennas may be one of the most important components in wireless and cellular communication systems. It is also critical to the operation of a cellular base station with many choices available depending upon the particular site and operating environment. Development of essentially new base station a...

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Main Author: Zainon, Mohd Irwan
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Language:English
Published: 2007
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spelling my-uitm-ir.806242023-08-21T09:08:19Z Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon 2007 Zainon, Mohd Irwan Antennas Antennas may be one of the most important components in wireless and cellular communication systems. It is also critical to the operation of a cellular base station with many choices available depending upon the particular site and operating environment. Development of essentially new base station antennas has become one of the most important tasks in contemporary antenna engineering. As wireless communication markets develop very rapidly, with it the number of base station antennas has also increased. In coming years, the new generation of wireless communication systems will demand new and improved base station antennas. New base station antennas will need to be developed that will replace current sector panel antennas and reduce the overall number of antennas on cellular base stations. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate on third-generation mobile communication systems and conformal antenna arrays that could be used in such systems. This thesis aims to simulate the effects of curvature on the performance of cylindrical microstrip rectangular antenna and compare with the microstrip rectangular in planar plane for the main third-generation air interface, the WCDMA. The dimensions of the patch are calculated using transmission line method of analysis. The microstrip patch is designed using Duroid as a dielectric material having dielectric constant, £r of 2.22 and metal used is PEC for the patch and the ground plane. The length and width of the rectangular patch are calculated for the desired frequency. Later the radiation pattern, efficiency and bandwidth are simulated for the desired antenna and analyzed using CST Microwave Studio 2006B CAD software. The presented work finishes with conclusion and suggestions for possible future works. 2007 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80624/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80624/1/80624.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Abdul Khalid, Muhd Farid
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Abdul Khalid, Muhd Farid
topic Antennas
spellingShingle Antennas
Zainon, Mohd Irwan
Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
description Antennas may be one of the most important components in wireless and cellular communication systems. It is also critical to the operation of a cellular base station with many choices available depending upon the particular site and operating environment. Development of essentially new base station antennas has become one of the most important tasks in contemporary antenna engineering. As wireless communication markets develop very rapidly, with it the number of base station antennas has also increased. In coming years, the new generation of wireless communication systems will demand new and improved base station antennas. New base station antennas will need to be developed that will replace current sector panel antennas and reduce the overall number of antennas on cellular base stations. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate on third-generation mobile communication systems and conformal antenna arrays that could be used in such systems. This thesis aims to simulate the effects of curvature on the performance of cylindrical microstrip rectangular antenna and compare with the microstrip rectangular in planar plane for the main third-generation air interface, the WCDMA. The dimensions of the patch are calculated using transmission line method of analysis. The microstrip patch is designed using Duroid as a dielectric material having dielectric constant, £r of 2.22 and metal used is PEC for the patch and the ground plane. The length and width of the rectangular patch are calculated for the desired frequency. Later the radiation pattern, efficiency and bandwidth are simulated for the desired antenna and analyzed using CST Microwave Studio 2006B CAD software. The presented work finishes with conclusion and suggestions for possible future works.
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author Zainon, Mohd Irwan
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title Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
title_short Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
title_full Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
title_fullStr Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3G base station / Mohd Irwan Zainon
title_sort simulation of cylindrical conformal antennas for 3g base station / mohd irwan zainon
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2007
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80624/1/80624.pdf
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