DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF BROADBAND ANTIPODAL VIVALDI ANTENNA FOR RADIO OVER FIBER SYSTEMS

被引:5
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作者
Ashraf, Muhammad A. [1 ]
Memon, Irfan [2 ]
Alshebeili, Saleh A. [1 ]
机构
[1] King Saud Univ, KACST Technol Innovat Ctr RFTONICS E Soc, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
[2] Univ Lahore, Dept Comp Sci, Lahore, Pakistan
关键词
broadband Vivaldi antenna; light-wave component analyzer; pulse fidelity factor; radio over fiber; GHZ;
D O I
10.1002/mop.30560
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Broadband antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AVA) for radio over fiber (ROF) applications is presented. Comprehensive analysis based on several full wave simulations is performed to finalize a compact AVA design having physical dimension of 32 3 30 mm(2). The measured results demonstrated that proposed antenna can be operated from 14.8 to 67 GHz band showing 128% fractional bandwidth. The designed antenna presents pulse fidelity factor (PFF) value equal to 0.95 for the transmission of ultrashort time duration pulses having full-width-halfmaximum (FWHM) of 7.6 ps. An experimental ROF measurement setup is developed with our proposed AVAs and light-wave component analyzer (LCA) operating over 15-40 GHz. For ROF measurements, PFF value equal to 0.94 is confirmed. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页码:1441 / 1446
页数:7
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