Design of mine multi-band microstrip antenna

Abstract

With the application of 5G technology in the coal mine, the signal interference between multiple systems becomes more and more intensive. This seriously affects the quality of data, voice and image communication. The coexistence of multiple systems in coal mine becomes increasingly prominent. To solve this problem, a multi-band microstrip antenna for mine is designed, which can work in WiMAX/WiFi/4G/5G NR band at the same time. Based on a planar monopole antenna, the antenna can work in multiple frequency bands in the mode of loading two L-shaped branches and loading an inverted L-shaped branch on the floor. The simulation results show that the antenna's middle, right and left branches produce 2.4, 3.5 GHz and 4.8 GHz resonance points respectively. The inverted L-shaped branch loaded on the floor provides 1.9 GHz resonance point. The antenna can work in three frequency bands, which are 1.88-2.73, 3.26-3.79 GHz and 4.7-5.9 GHz respectively. The antenna can effectively cover all the operating frequency bands of WiMAX/WiFi/4G/5G NR in coal mines. According to the antenna's peak gain and normalized pattern, the antenna has good gain performance and overall radiation performance in the required operating frequency band.

Keywords

• coal mine communication
• microstrip antenna
• multi-band
• planar monopole antenna
• 5g