A Wideband Dual-Polarized Tightly Coupled Array with Compact Size for 5G Millimeter-wave Mobile Devices

Abstract

ABSTRACT A miniaturized dual-polarized smartphone antenna based on tightly coupled dipole array (TCDA), applying to 5 G millimeter-wave (mmW), is presented. The antenna element has a size of 2.94 mm × 3.05 mm × 0.94 mm and covers a bandwidth of 91.5% and 88.4% with VSWR＜2 for pol-x and pol-y, respectively. To achieve low cost, compact size, and reduce the number of ports, a specific miniature feeding structure, using Γ-shaped coupling probes, is applied. The proposed smartphone antenna consists of eight elements with a size of 23.8 mm × 3.5 mm × 0.94 mm. Experiments show that the TCDA can support a minimum realized gain of 9.51 dB and 9.07 dB for pol-x and pol-y, respectively, within 5 G mmW bands. To verify the design concept, TCDA is fabricated and measured, which achieves 60° scanning without grating lobes. The measurement results demonstrate that the proposed antenna is well suited for future 5 G mmW mobile phones.