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This work presents a printed Ka-band dipole array antenna with wide bandwidth for millimeter-wave communication applications. The operating band of the proposed antenna ranges from 27.8–38.2 GHz exhibiting a wide bandwidth of 10.4 GHz. A balun structure is designed with interlaced U-shaped bending lines on the upper and lower metal layers to feed the dipole differentially. Parasitic trapezoidal patches are exquisitely placed adjacent to the driven dipoles for coupling, which can enhance bandwidth significantly through multiple resonances. The low-frequency radiation is mainly contributed by the resonance of the dipole, while the high-frequency radiation is affected by both the dipole and the parasitic trapezoidal patch. Due to the trapezoidal patch, the equivalent path length of the resonant current becomes shorter, thus supporting high-frequency resonance. A prototype of the proposed 1 × 2 dipole array antenna was fabricated for validation. The measured –10-dB impedance bandwidth is up to 27.8∼38.2 GHz (or 31.5%) and the realized gain is as high as 8 dBi, which is suitable for advanced millimeter-wave communication applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work presents a four-port in-band full-duplex (IBFD) antenna that allows transmitting and receiving two sets of orthogonal co-circularly polarized signals, facilitating IBFD system applications. The single-element antenna is constructed using a six-port isolation network (SPIN) without the need for circulators, helping to reduce cost and facilitate integration. The transmit-receive isolation is accomplished via the isolation of power dividers and the cancellation guided by the coupling path of SPIN. The microwave network analysis method perfectly analyzes the operating mechanism of isolation and orthogonal co-circular polarization. The measured results confirm that this design achieves excellent two sets of orthogonal co-circular polarization. The measured results show that the 10-dB impedance bandwidth is 24.2%, the 3-dB axial-ratio bandwidth is 23.5%, and the measured 30-dB isolation bandwidth is 3.52-4.15 GHz (16.4%) with a maximum isolation of 53.2 dB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]