Design and development broadband monopole antenna for in-door application

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Design and development broadband monopole antenna
for in-door application
Ali Abdulateef Abdulbari1
, Z. Zakaria2
, Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim3
, Yaqthan Mahmood Hussein4
,
Mustafa Mohammed Jawad5
, Ayad Muslim Hamzah6
1,3
Wireless Communication Centre, School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
2
Centre for Telecommunication Research and Innovation (CeTRI), Faculty of Electronic and Computer Engineering,
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia
4
Advanced RF and Microwave Research Group (ARFMRG), School of Electrical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
5
Advanced Telecommunication Technology (ATT), School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
6
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja 86400, Malaysia
6
Technical Institute of Najaf, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq
Article Info ABSTRACT
Article history:
Received May 20, 2019
Revised Jul 3, 2019
Accepted Jul 18, 2019
This paper describes the broadband monopole antenna refers to a signal
wideband of the frequencies, which can be divided the signal into channels of
the frequency bins. Aim this paper to design and development broadband
monopole antenna. The monopole antenna was designed by adding slot to
the radiated patch antenna with a single feed line, which reduced the size and
the design complexity. A rectangular patch antenna was presented using feed
line to decrease the ground plane with a suitable gap distance. The broadband
monopole antenna was designed with a frequency range of 800 MHz – 3 GHz,
with Bandwidth 0.66 (dB), reflection coefficients and return loss.
The frequency-dependent characteristic impedance was included. It can be
used in various broadband applications in used commercially for various
communication systems such as 4G (LTE), WiMAX and WLAN (LTE),
remote sensing, biomedical, and mobile wireless. Apart from that, this
technology is environment-friendly; an antenna which consists of reception
and transmission. The antenna is simulated by using computer simulation
(CST) software; using FR-4 substrate of4.4 permittivity thickness 1.6 mm and
loss tangent of 0.025. The measurement result is accepted with simulation
result, proving the acceptable broadband operation for this proposed structure.
Keywords:
4G (LTE)
Broadband antenna
Internally distributed antenna
systems (IDAS)
Mobile communications
Monopole antenna
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license.
Corresponding Author:
Ali Abdulateef Abdulbari,
Wireless Communication Centre, School of Electrical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM),
Skudai 81310, Malaysia.
Email: alilateefutm@gmail.com
1. INTRODUCTION
Today, mobile phone users are reaping the benefits from the tremendous growth in the demand for
high-speed and broad-band data services such as high-speed browsing, high definition videos, and video
calls [1–4]. According to statistics more than 80% of mobile data traffic comes from domestic environment,
such as the commercial buildings and airports. Therefore, internally distributed antenna systems, (IDAS) have

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become even more sought after to provide, wireless communication coverage in high-traffic areas [5–8]. IDAS
is a broadband network connected to a common source via a coaxial cable to improve coverage. Several
vertically polarized antenna designs are proposed for IDAS and discussed in the open
literature [9-11].
The evolution of a multi-polar MIMO antenna system with two multi-purpose components for AP
wireless applications in the range of 2.3–9 GHz was studied. The proposed system included single pole
antennas with a wide-angle microstrip antenna having a common radiate element and a ground plane due to
alternative coupling. New parasitic elements were introduced to increase isolation between the ports. Expected
bandwidth coverage for Wi-Fi and LTE applications [12–14].
With rapid development of modern mobile wireless industry, the request for broadband services and
high-speed data services are increasing [15]. For most mobile data, as traffic are generated in internal
environment, distributed antennas play an increasingly important role in internal wireless communication
systems. In addition, in order to provide better telecommunication services, more frequency bands have been
designed and used commercially for various communication systems such as 4G WiMAX and WLAN.
Therefore, there is a need for broadband distribution antennas that can cover multiple service ranges
simultaneously [5, 16, 17]. This paper discusses the a broadband antenna with double casing load for indoor
mobile, communications system [10]. The purpose is to cover wider frequency bands (698–960 and
1710–2300 MHz in [18], 800-1100 and 1700-2580 MHz in [19]), but the bandwidth are still not wide enough
to be used in LTE applications in the unlicensed spectrum of LTE-U and LTE, LAA applications [20, 21].
Diversity in current LTE systems is typically limited to two antennas per radio, enough to ensure that,
if an antenna is in an RF vacuum, the other antenna is not normally available, providing better performance in
a multi-track environment. Antenna diversity with LTE is used to defend against multiple pathways, reduce
interruptions, and improve the quality and the reliability of communication links [13, 22–25]. Dual broadband
antenna for internal LTE terminals. The antenna consists of three separate radiated elements a rectangular upper
plate with two U-shaped slots, two long rectangular openings to cover the upper range of 1700–2700 MHz,
and two low-reflective L-Shaped components used to cover the low frequency range of 800–960 MHz.
The proposed antenna is expected to be applied directly to all portable and wireless systems, including 2G, 3G,
4G LTE, and Wi-Fi [26]. With the development of hand-held devices, rapid development has emerged, and
device appearances must be attractive and compact. The antenna can be described as a device that converts
the electromagnetic wave in the antenna into radiation in an unlimited medium [27]. Due to the exponential
growth of wireless systems, mobile phone antennas should be smaller and widely supported for LTE systems
for wide area network (WWAN) as its performance is at least 100 MB/s in 100 high data rate links with
50 Mbps in transmission [28].
In recent years, internal antenna technology has been growing due to the evolution of wireless
communications such as WiFi, WiMAX, 3G, 4G, LTE, and WLAN. In addition to the rapid growth in
the number of wireless terminals in buildings, airports, and conference rooms, researchers also need antennas
to meet the requirements for internal antennas such as high performance (gain, efficiency), effective data rates,
broadband, and one-way [29]. The proposed broadband bandwidth are sufficient for all mobile system services,
namely, GSM/UMTS LTE, including LTE bands 42-43 (3400–3800 MHz) and LTE-U/LTE-LAA
(5150–5850 MHz). The proposed antenna is characterised by four conditions of annular antenna [30, 31].
Monopole antennas ideally give omnidirectional patterns [32]. The condition of not stimulating anything other
than placing the first higher order complicates the feeding process of the traditional, microstrip
LWA [33]. Characterization of simulation using CST Microwave Studio; analysis and comparison
of results [34, 35].
In this paper, the broadband monopole antenna was designed with the operating frequency band from
800 MHz to 3 GHz. These frequencies are chosen for the applications of 4G LTE indoor buildings.
The main objective, of this paper is to provide the highest possible antenna gain. Finally, the proposed antenna
was fabricated and tested and do comparisons between the results. For future work to provide as high as
possible of the antenna gain, the gain and bandwidth (BW) can be increased through many techniques.
The most common technique is the doing monopole, stack, adding a slot.
2. ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONN
Figure 1 (a) shows the geometric dimensions of broadband monopole antenna at the frequency range
of 800 MHz – 3 GHz for LTE applications. The back view for monopole antenna is shown in Figure 1 (b).
Figure 2 shows the integrated fabricated antenna, fed and printed on an FR4. The substrate and copper of
dielectric constant, Ɛ 𝑟 = 4.4 with thickness, hs = 1.6 mm, where the length and the width of
the substrate = 99.53 mm, and the length of the substrate = 84.35 mm. The length and the width for copper,
ws = 99.53 mm, ls = 84.73 mm, ht = 0.035, loss tangent of 0.02, with transmission line driven by 50 Ω.

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The centre frequency for the antenna was at 2 GHz. The patch antenna is becoming increasingly, useful because
it can be printed directly onto a circuit board. Microstrip antenna is also becoming more widespread within
the mobile phone market. Patch antennas are low cost, have a low profile and are easily fabricated. In
parametric studies on patch antennas, the slots resulted in patch antennas resonating at a significantly lowered
frequency [36]. The microstrip line is used as the feed antenna structure, and the coupling method is well
known in terms of reducing the size of small antennas in mobile communications [37]. Microstrip antennas
have the key advantages of being low-profile, easy to manufacture, lightweight, and have been widely used in
wireless applications [38]. An antenna radiation scheme is essential for many communication applications,
such as wireless communications and radar [39, 40]. In table 1 the explain the dimension for monopole antenna.
(a) (b)
Figure 1. (a) Geometric dimensions of broadband monopole antenna at frequency 800 MHz to 3 GHz
for LTE application, (b) Back view for broadband monopole antenna
Table 1. Antenna
parametric
Parameter Value (mm)
wp 34.30
g 0.70
b 3.30
f 2.65
z 0.75
ws 32.20
lp 52.81
wf 50.25
d 2.35
h 23.54
k 23.40
c 20.09Figure 2. Fabricated antenna
3. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
The design antenna was simulated using CST simulation software to obtain the results.
The monopole antenna results were analysed in terms of reflection coefficient, bandwidth, resonant frequency,
gain, and directivity and radiation pattern at the frequency range of 800 MHz – 3 GHz. The results were
discussed, and comparison was done to observe the antenna performance, in both simulation and measurement
mode. The antenna parameters were first obtained through simulation, followed by measurement. The measure
of return loss during antenna design or investigation is a powerful performance tool. An antenna is not able to
accept RF energy hence, it is unable to radiate. In the resonant frequency of simulation, the broadband
monopole antenna at 800 MHz and 3 GHz gave a reflection coefficient of -20 dB. On the other hand,
the measurement results of the broadband monopole antenna at 804 MHz and 3 GHz gave reflection
coefficients of -15.651 dB and -10 dB. The measurement result of the broad-band monopole antenna resonant
frequency (804 MHz) had shifted 0.4% from 800 MHz. However, the simulation results of the monopole

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antenna achieved better reflection coefficients (-20 dB and -10 dB) at 800 MHz and 3 GHz compared to
the measurement method where the monopole antenna only achieved reflection coefficients (-15.651 dB and
-20 dB) at 804 MHz and 3 GHz. The comparison results are shown in Table 2. The broadband monopole
antenna has two gains in frequency 2 GHz as shown in Figure 3, and frequency 2.8 GHz shown in Figure 4.
Simulation process whereas the gain in measurement process is dB. Both processes provided different gains
due to power loss in the FR4 board as mentioned previously. This table explains simulation results for reflection
coefficients, bandwidth, and return loss. Figure 5 as compared between simulation and measured result for
the broadband monopole antenna.
Table 2. Comparison simulation and measurement broadband monopole antenna
Antenna parameters Simulation broadband monopole-antenna Measurement broadband monopole antenna
Resonant frequency 800 MHz 3 GHz 804 MHz 3 GHz
Reflection coefficient RL (dB) -20 dB -10 dB -15.651 dB -20 dB
Bandwidth, BW (%) 0.66 0.75
Figure 3. Radiation pattern for 1st
band 2 GHz
for monopole antenna
Figure 4. Radiation pattern for 2.8 GHz
for monopole antenna
Figure 5. Comparison of simulation results with measurement for monopole antenna

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4. CONCLUSION
This paper discusses the design and the development of short-range communication devices using
the broadband monopole antenna. Short-range communication systems that served to transmit and receive at
these frequency bands were chosen from 800 MHz to 3 GHz. Hence, these frequencies are chosen for 4G LTE
applications for in-door buildings. Furthermore, the response of the design was optimized in order to get
appropriate outputs of S-parameter and gain. The result of the antenna seemed to be inconsistent with
the original hypothesis since the frequency resulting through the lap measurement test is somehow begin shifted
to a different frequency with a different return loss. With that, the gain received also is different through
calculation compared to the simulation. The difference in the results between the simulation and measurement
is due to some factors that many have been contributed starting from the fabrication process such as
the soldering process, measurement process, and the FR4 tolerance.
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