Cylindrical EBG Multibeam Antenna for Telecommunication Networks

Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EuCAP 2009

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Chreim, Hassan; Jecko, Bernard (XLIM, OSA department, university of Limoges, 123 AV. A. Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France)
Dall’omo, Christophe; Dufrane, Philippe (RADIALL SYSTEMS, ESTER Technopole, 87069 Limoges, France)

Abstract:
"e present in this paper a new type of multibeam EBG antenna for telecommunication networks. A first antenna structure, operating in WiMAX band [5.4 – 5.7] GHz is simulated and its results are disclosed. These results show us that the mutual coupling between different excitation sources is too strong and it influences badly the performance of the antenna. Thus, metallic walls are inserted between excitation sources in order to reduce the mutual coupling. The new antenna structure is simulated, and its performance is improved. The beam number in the horizontal plane is 18.