Millimeter wave patch antenna array for 5G wireless communication systems

Abstract

Millimeter waves are now considered as an important part of 5G spectrum. Higher frequencies provide larger bandwidth giving the ability to support very high data rate, ultra high capacity and very low latency. The utilization of millimeter wave frequency bands for 5G mobile applications requires effective solutions in the design of antennas and antenna arrays which are the key parts of modern communication systems. In this paper a 4x4 microstrip patch antenna array sub-module is presented to be a part of 5G wireless communication system. The antenna array is designed and optimized to operate at a frequency of 85 GHz which corresponds to the middle of the second atmospheric transparency window. The antenna array is simulated using the time domain solver of the CST Microwave Studio software package. Simulation results are demonstrated and discussed for an optimized array. The designed patch antenna array provides good directivity characteristics with a main lobe magnitude of 16 dBi, angular width of 28 degree and can be applied as a part of a wireless communication system operating at a high frequency band of 5G frequency range.