6G Broadband and High Directive Microstrip Antenna with SIW and FSSs

Abstract

Sixth-Generation (6G) wireless communication networks require the fabrication of broadband and high directivity microstrip antennas to offset the high atmospheric path loss beyond 100 Gigahertz (GHz). In this paper, we designed and proposed a couple of high-gain and broadband microstrip array antennas that have been designed within a Finite Integration Technique (FIT) solver at Computer Simulation Technology Microwave Studio (CST MWS) software in a series-parallel feeding method for a resonance frequency above 107 GHz. A Substrate-Integrated Waveguide (SIW) with dual outputs has been used at these antennas and with WR-08 waveguide that covers the 90-140 GHz frequency range, while the first was without Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSSs), and the second was with the FSSs to increase the antenna directivity further. The first design was simulated with a Finite Element Method (FEM) solver at Ansys High-Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) to compare the simulation results of this antenna. This comparison's peak gain and Bandwidth (BW) were correspondingly 25.3 dB, 12.5 GHz, 23.1 dB, and 11 GHz from the Ansys HFSS and the CST MWS. Thus, the accuracy and the slight deviation of the compared simulation results from each other validated the offered 6G antenna designs. Therefore, after experimental verification, the proposed antennas can be employed in 6G future wireless communication networks.