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    Design and simulation of 1 × 2, 1 × 4 and 2 × 8 microstrip patch antenna arrays based on photonic crystals for improved gain performance in THz
    (Springer, 2024) Benlakehal, Mohamed Elamine; Hocini, Abdesselam; Khedrouche, Djamel; Temmar, Mohamed Nasr eddine; Denidni, Tayeb Ahmed; Shayea, Ibraheem
    In a wireless communication system, a microstrip patch antenna is gaining importance as a most powerful technology trend and it is applicable for the development of low-cost, minimal-weight, low-profile and high-performance antenna. This paper presents the design and the analysis of 1 × 2, 1 × 4 and 2 × 8 rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) arrays based on the photonic crystals for improved gain performance and high radiation characteristics compared to ones that are designed based on the homogeneous substrate in the frequency range of 0.25 - 0.55 THz. The design of the proposed antenna arrays based on the photonic band gap (PBG) and the homogeneous substrate structures is made by using the designed single-element RMPA as the basic building element, and then, they were fed by the parallel feeding structure. The designed antenna arrays were simulated using CST Microwave Studio software and validated with the aid of Ansoft HFSS simulator. For high radiation characteristics, the proposed antenna arrays resonated around 0.35 THz which is a low loss frequency window in the terahertz band. The main results showed that the designed antenna arrays based on the PBG substrate structure outperform the antenna arrays based on the homogeneous substrate in terms of return loss, bandwidth, gain and directivity. The best directivity was achieved by the 2 × 8 RMPA array of 17.40 dBi, whereas the 1 × 4, 1 × 2 RMPA arrays and single-element RMPA achieved the directivity of 13.54 dBi, 9.87dBi and 7.76 dBi, respectively. Hence, the designed antenna arrays can be used for medical imaging, threat detection and wireless surveillance communication.
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    Gain enhancement of a novel 1 × 2 microstrip patch antenna array based on cylindrical and cuboid photonic crystal substrate in THz
    (Springer, 2023) Benlakehal, Mohamed Elamine; Hocini, Abdesselam; Khedrouche, Djamel; Temmar, Mohamed Nasr eddine; Denidni, Tayeb Ahmed
    Recent advancements in the next-generation wireless communication technologies require high gain and larger bandwidth. In this paper, a high gain novel 1 × 2 circular microstrip patch antenna array is proposed to operate around 0.65 THz based on different substrates. First, the proposed antenna array is designed based on air cylinders holes embedded in a thick polyimide substrate, and then by using air cuboids holes. The proposed antenna array model is compared with a homogeneous polyimide substrate. The simulation results showed that the performance of the proposed antenna array was enhanced especially by using air cuboids holes and achieved a minimal return loss of − 74.10 dB, a wide bandwidth greater than 290 GHz, a gain of 10.57 dB, and radiation efficiency of 82.96% at a resonance frequency of 0.65 THz. Next, the gain of the proposed antenna array is investigated further by using two different substrates with a modified non-periodic photonic crystal where the air cylinders holes and air cuboids holes are mixed at the same time and embedded in the substrate with different diameter values. The simulation showed an enhancement in the gain where the highest gain was achieved by antenna array 4 of 12.03 dB. The proposed antenna array can be useful in imaging, sensing, and next-generation wireless communication technologies. The simulation is carried out by using the CST Microwave Studio simulator