Research Article

WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS

Volume: 30 Number: 3 December 19, 2025
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WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS

Abstract

This communication proposes a linearly polarized, wideband capacitively coupled array antenna for the fifth generation (5G) millimeterwave (mmWave) mobile phone applications. The wideband, high gain unit antenna is first designed in order to form the 1×8 array antenna. The proposed unit antenna made up of a pair of rectangular radiators that are capacitively coupled to the feed line, and two semi-elliptical radiators that are coupled to rectangular radiators. The use of two semi-elliptical structures improves operating bandwidth and gain. The proposed antenna is printed on the commercial RTRogers5880 substrate (εr= 2.2, δ= 0.009) with a thickness of 0.8 mm. All design and simulation steps are implemented via CST Microwave Studio. According to simulation results, the unit antenna has a wide frequency bandwidth of 24.2 – 30.36 GHz for |S11|< -10 dB, with a corresponding fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 22.2%. The unit antenna has low profile of 10mm × 8mm × 0.8mm with peak gain of 7.15 dBi. The simulation results show that the unit antenna covers the entire frequency spectrum of 5G mmWave bands of n257, n258, and n261. For high-gain, 1×8 array antenna is designed which is integrated into the mobile phone chassis, with a dimension of 60mm × 6.5mm × 0.8mm (5.5λ0 × 0.6λ0 × 0.07λ0; λ0 is the free space wavelength at 27.5GHz – 10.9mm), which has a frequency bandwidth of 24.7 – 30.1 GHz (FBW= 19.7%) for |S11|< -10 dB. The boresight gain of the 1×8 array antenna is between 14.31 and 15.46 dBi with a radiation efficiency of more than 88%. In addition, the 1-D beam steering range of the array is also investigated. It is found that scanning range is approximately ±30ο. The isolation between ports is better than 16 dB over the operating band. The proposed 1×8 array antenna is ideal for 5G mmWave mobile phone applications due to its wide bandwidth, low profile, beam steering property, moderate gain and isolation.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 11, 2025

Publication Date

December 19, 2025

Submission Date

July 10, 2024

Acceptance Date

October 7, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 30 Number: 3

APA
Aşçı, Y. (2025). WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, 30(3), 691-710. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.1514008
AMA
1.Aşçı Y. WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS. UUJFE. 2025;30(3):691-710. doi:10.17482/uumfd.1514008
Chicago
Aşçı, Yavuz. 2025. “WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G MmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 30 (3): 691-710. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.1514008.
EndNote
Aşçı Y (December 1, 2025) WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 30 3 691–710.
IEEE
[1]Y. Aşçı, “WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS”, UUJFE, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 691–710, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.17482/uumfd.1514008.
ISNAD
Aşçı, Yavuz. “WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G MmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 30/3 (December 1, 2025): 691-710. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.1514008.
JAMA
1.Aşçı Y. WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS. UUJFE. 2025;30:691–710.
MLA
Aşçı, Yavuz. “WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G MmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 30, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 691-10, doi:10.17482/uumfd.1514008.
Vancouver
1.Yavuz Aşçı. WIDEBAND CAPACITIVELY COUPLED 1×8 ARRAY ANTENNA FOR 5G mmWAVE MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS. UUJFE. 2025 Dec. 1;30(3):691-710. doi:10.17482/uumfd.1514008

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