A Compact 38 GHz millimeter Wave MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Mobile Systems
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5G, mm-wave, microstrip, MIMO, compact antenna, antenna array
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This paper presents the design of a compact 2´ x 2 microstrip antenna array of size 11.9 ´15.3 mm2 operating at the mm-Wave of 38 GHz. We achieved a high gain of 14.58 dB, a return loss of -17.7 dB, and a wide impedance bandwidth of 500 MHz. This antenna is duplicated twelve times around an angle of 30° forming a low-profile dodecagon. Each sector can cover a beam of 58° to obtain 12 beams covering the 360 degrees. When compared with implemented antenna designs in the literature that target similar features of com-pact size and low-profile at the desired 5G frequency of 38 GHz, our design had a noticeable reduction in size with an increased gain. Our designed antenna is suited for MIMO beamforming, or switched beam technology applications in mobile wireless systems that include miniaturized base stations or moving network systems, such as mobile hotspots or vehicular networks and related elements .
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Ashraf Tahat, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Ashraf Tahat is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications Engineering at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) and the Vice-Chairman of IEEE Jordan Section. Dr. Tahat earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IllinoisTech), Chicago, USA, where he also received a Ph.D. in 2002, with a focus on communications and signal processing. Dr. Tahat joined PSUT in 2005, where he participated in establishing the department of Communications Engineering and served as the Head of the Department from 2010 to 2012. Dr Tahat was also a Visiting Professor with McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in the Department of ECE, conducting research on modern communications systems (2012-2013). From 2002 to 2003, he was an Adjunct Professor at IllinoisTech, Chicago, USA. Before completing his doctoral studies, he was at Bell Labs-Lucent Technologies Inc (Nokia Networks), the Concept Center, working on first generation ADSL modem prototypes. He was also a senior staff engineer at 3Com Corporation in Illinois, USA, at the Personal Communications Division (1998-2000). Dr. Tahat is a Senior Member of IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi honor societies.
Bandar Ersan, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Bandar Ersan received the BSc degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Princess Sumaya University in 2018. He has been with Estarta Solutions since 2018 working in the domain of Network Security support. He was also a trainee at Huawei Technologies in Amman Jordan during the summer of 2017.
Laith Al-Muhesen, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Laith Al-Muhesen received the BSc degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Princess Sumaya University in 2017. He has been with the telecommunications service provider Zain Jordan since 2017 working with the network administration and digital social media teams. He was also a trainee at Huawei Technologies in Amman Jordan during the summer of 2017 in the RAN division.
Zaid Shakhshir, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Zaid Shakhshir received the BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Princess Sumaya University in 2018. He has been a manager of the electronics division with Redline Automation Center in the United Arab Emirates (2018-2019).
Talal A.Edwan, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Talal A.Edwan's main work has been in analysis of network performance evaluation, protocols and algorithms. He received a BSc in Electronics Engineering with a First Class Honors from Princess Sumaya University for Technology (Jordan) in 2002, MSc in Networks Engineering with Distinction from University of Plymouth (UK) in 2005, and a PhD in Computer Networks from Loughborough University (UK) in 2010. Dr Talal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at PSUT since 2012, his research interests are: Computer Networks, Network Congestion Control, and Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems/Networks.
