Near Field Models of Spatially-Fed Planar Arrays and Their Application to Multi-Frequency Direct Layout Optimization for mm-Wave 5G New Radio Indoor Network Coverage.

Publisher: MDPI Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101204366 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1424-8220 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14248220 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sensors (Basel) Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE; MEDLINE

Original Publication: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, c2000-

Two near field models for the analysis of spatially fed planar array antennas are presented, compared and applied to a multi-frequency wideband direct layout optimization for mm-Wave 5G new radio (NR) indoor network coverage. One model is based on the direct application of the radiation equations directly derived from the A and F vector potentials. The second model is based on the superposition of far field contributions of all array elements, which are modelled as rectangular apertures with constant field. Despite the different assumptions made to develop both models, the degree of agreement between them in the computation of the radiated near field is very high. The relative error between the models is equal or lower than 3.2% at a plane 13λ from the array, and it decreases as the near field is computed further away from the array. Then, the faster model is employed in a general direct layout optimization procedure to shape the electromagnetic near field for application in an indoor femtocell to provide coverage with constant power in a private office. Results show that a magnitude ripple better than 1.5 dB can be achieved in an enlarged coverage area covering the whole n257 band of the 5G NR, corresponding to a 10.7% relative bandwidth.

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IJC2018-035696-I Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades; ENHANCE-5G (PID2020-114172RB-C21 / AEI / 10.13039/501100011033) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and the Agencia Estatal de Investigación; AYUD/2021/51706 Gobierno del Principado de Asturias

Keywords: electromagnetic field shaping; generalized intersection approach; near field; optimization; radiated field synthesis; radiation equations; reflectarray antenna; spatially fed array; transmitarray

Date Created: 20221126 Latest Revision: 20221213

20250114

PMC9695846

10.3390/s22228925

36433522