Gain Enhancement Using Stub and Stacked Hexagon Microstrip Antenna for 5G Communication

摘要

Key drivers of 5G (Five Generation) technology as the mobile broadband are unique network and service capabilities. One of 5G advantage is bandwidth requirements for users can be adjusted according to service needs. This condition allows the occurrence of varied bandwidth for a number of users who use different services. The minimum bandwidth required is 5 Mhz for one user and the service can be served using 50 Mhz or 100 Mhz or 200 MHz bandwidth. The stub & stacked method on hexagon microstrip antenna can be used for 5G services. Broadband antenna uses high frequency which dimensionally not large in size. The antenna dimension will affect the antenna characteristics. There are some methods to enhanced the antenna bandwidth and gain, such as array antenna, stacked antenna and reflector antenna. This paper discusses a stacked method to enhanced the hexagon gain. This method makes gain enhancement on hexagon microstrip antenna. The results of fabrication are a 24mm lengths of the antenna size, with a Return Loss value of -27.27 dB, VSWR 1.09, bandwidth of 100 MHz and gain of 6.119 dB. There are three times gain enhancement on stacked hexagon microstrip antenna. These results are compared to the results of single antenna and simulations.