High-gain UWB Fabry-Perot cavity antenna with dual-notched band for high-resolution imaging applications

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an ultra-wideband (UWB) Fabry–Perot cavity (FPC) antenna with dual-notch (DN) bands, utilizing a partially reflective surface (PRS) as a superstrate and an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) reflector to support and enhance a DN band UWB antenna. The antenna components work synergistically to improve gain and provide directional radiation characteristics, while effectively mitigating interference from 5G and WLAN signals in urban environment. The proposed FPC design is executed in two main steps. First, a planar monopole UWB antenna is designed to operate within the frequency range of 2.69 GHz–12.27 GHz, incorporating a DN at 5G-3.5 GHz and 5 GHz WLAN bands through a single-slotted electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) unit-cell placed near the feedline. Second, a 5 × 5 array of AMC reflector elements and a PRS are strategically placed at specific distances from the UWB antenna to increase the gain. The resulting FPC structure was designed, optimized in HFSS, fabricated, and experimentally validated. Both measured and simulated results confirm that the proposed FPC structure achieves a peak gain of 10.21 dBi at 8.8 GHz, highlighting its potential to address challenges in meeting UWB application requirements, including Radar systems dedicated to high-resolution infrastructure monitoring and microwave medical imaging