Cette thèse présente de nouveaux développements pour de petites antennes en cavité. L'objectif principal de la thèse est l'analyse de la performance de la bande passante de ces antennes pour des tailles d'ouverture qui sont petites par rapport à la longueur d'onde en espace libre. Des cavités de formes rectangulaires et circulaires intégrées dans un plan de masse infini et dans des plans de masse de dimensions latérales finies sont examinées en détail. Jusqu'à présent, dans la littérature, le choix pour ces antennes en cavités portait sur des antennes imprimées microruban (patch). L'objet de la thèse est de déterminer si les performances d'antennes en cavité de petite taille peuvent être améliorées et si oui, de quelle façon. A cet effet, nous avons tout d'abord étudié théoriquement, la limite supérieure de la bande passante pour cette configuration particulière en cavité. Nous en avons conclu que les antennes microruban intégrées dans une cavité n'atteignent pas la limite de la bande passante, ce qui est l'un des principaux résultats de la thèse. Les antennes intégrées dans une cavité avec un plan de masse infini ou fini sont ensuite analysées à l'aide de plusieurs modèles de ligne de transmission simples. Le deuxième résultat clé de la thèse un modèle de ligne de transmission spécifique et original qui montre que cette limite sur la bande passante est réellement atteignable. Par conséquent, ce modèle de ligne de transmission devient la base d'une nouvelle conception pour l'antenne en cavité. Enfin, le résultat le plus important de la thèse est la conception concrète de nouvelles antennes en cavité capables d'atteindre la performance maximale en bande passante. D'autres sujets sont abordés sont: i) la comparaison avec des structures à base d'éléments empilés en termes de bande passante, de facilité de fabrication et de coût, ii) l'extension de la limite grâce à l'inclusion de matériaux magnétiques idéaux et conducteurs magnétiques; iii) l'utilisation de la nouvelle structure d'antenne pour la constitution d'un réseau d'antennes compact; iv) les avantages de la nouvelle structure pour la réalisation d'antennes en cavité de tailles vraiment petites pour lesquelles les méthodes classiques ne permettent pas la réalisation d'antennes. / This thesis presents new developments in cavity type antennas. The main objective of the thesis is bandwidth performance analysis of antennas in cavities with aperture sizes which are small compared to the free space wavelength. Cavities of rectangular and circular shapes in an infinite and finite ground plane are investigated in detail. So far in the literature, microstrip patch antennas were the antenna of choice for cavity type antennas. The intention of the thesis is to determine if cavity type antennas can be improved and how. To this end, the bound on bandwidth for cavity antennas is investigated theoretically. It is concluded that patch antennas, in fact, do not reach the bound for cavity antennas, which is one of the key results of the thesis. Infinite and finite sized ground plane cavity antennas are further analyzed using several simple transmission line models. The second key result of the thesis is a demonstration that a special transmission line model corresponds to antennas that reach the bound on bandwidth. This transmission line model is the basis to a new cavity antenna design. Finally, the most important result is a practical, physical, design of novel cavity antennas capable of reaching the bandwidth bound. Furthermore, several additional topics are explored; i) A comparison with stacked patches design in terms of bandwidth, ease of fabrication, and cost; ii) The extension of the bound with the inclusion of ideal magnetic materials and magnetic conductors; iii) The new antenna design use in constructing a compact antenna array; iv) The benefits of the new design for constructing small cavity antennas previously not feasible with the classical design.

Yes / The paper presents the general requirements and an exemplary design of the RF front-end system that in today's handset is a key consumer of power. The design is required to minimize the carbon footprint in mobile handsets devices, whilst facilitating cooperation, and providing the energy-efficient operation of multi-standards for 5G communications. It provides the basis of hardware solutions for RF front-end integration challenges and offers design features covering energy efficiency for power amplifiers (PAs), Internet of Things (IoT) controlled tunable filters and compact highly isolated multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. An optimum design requires synergetic collaboration between academic institutions and industry in order to satisfy the key requirements of sub-6 GHz energy-efficient 5G transceivers, incorporating energy efficiency, good linearity and the potential for low-cost manufacturing. A highly integrated RF transceiver was designed and implemented to transmit and receive a picture using compact MIMO antennas integrated with efficient tunable filters and high linearity PAs. The proposed system has achieved a bit error rate (BER) of less than 10-10 at a data rate of 600 Mb/s with a wireless communication distance of more than 1 meter and power dissipation of 18-20 mW using hybrid beamforming technology and 64-QAM modulation. / 10.13039/100010665-H2020 Marie Skodowska Curie

Research on multiple antenna systems has been a hot topic in recent years due to the demands for higher transmission rate and more reliable link in rich scattering environment in wireless communications. Using multiple antennas at both the transmitter side and the receiver side increases the channel capacity without additional frequency spectrum and transmitted power. However, due to the limited space at the size-limited terminal devices, the most critical problem in designing multiple antennas is the severe mutual coupling among them. The aim of this thesis is to provide compact, decoupled and efficient multiple antenna designs for terminal devices. At the same time, we propose a simple and cost effective method in multiple antenna measurement. All these efforts contribute to the development of terminal devices for the fourth generation wireless communication. The background and theory of multiple antenna systems are introduced first, in which three operating schemes of multiple antenna systems are discussed. Critical factors influencing the performance of multiple antenna systems are also analyzed in details. To design efficient multiple antenna systems in compact terminals, several decoupling methods, including defected ground plane, current localization, orthogonal polarization and decoupling networks, are proposed. The working mechanism and design procedure of each method are introduced, and their effectiveness is compared. Those methods can be applied to most of the terminal antennas, reducing the mutual coupling by at least 6dB. In some special cases, especially for low frequency bands below 1GHz, the chassis of the device itself radiates like an antenna, which complicates the antenna decoupling. Thus, we extend the general decoupling methods to the cases when the chassis is excited. Based on the characteristic mode analysis, three different solutions are provided, i.e., optimizing antenna locations, localizing antenna currents and creating orthogonal modes. These methods are applied to mobile phones, providing a more reliable link and a higher transmission rate, which are evaluated by diversity gain and channel capacity, respectively. In order to measure the performance of multiple antenna systems, it is necessary to obtain the correlation coefficients. However, the traditional measurement technique, which requires the phase and polarization information of the radiation patterns, is very expensive and time consuming. In this thesis, a more practical and convenient method is proposed. Fairly good accuracy is achieved when it is applied to various kinds of antennas. To design a compact and efficient multiple antenna system, besides the reduction of mutual coupling, the performance of each single antenna is also important. The techniques for antenna reconfiguration are demonstrated. Frequency and pattern reconfigurable antennas are constructed, providing more flexibility to multiple antenna systems. / QC 20120604

De nos jours, la croissance du trafic d’informations entraine un développement technologique spectaculaire dans le domaine des télécommunications, qu'il s'agisse de réseau cellulaire, télévision, satellite, WIFI ou autres applications. Cette révolution a engendré d'énormes besoins et suscite une évolution technologique prodigieuse dans le domaine de la conception des antennes. Ces dernières se doivent de répondre aux différentes exigences, telles que la diminution de l’encombrement et des interférences électromagnétiques, la robustesse à l’environnement proche, l'augmentation du gain, l'élargissement de la bande passante, l’intelligence, etc. Les travaux menés dans cette thèse s’orientent surtout vers la conception de nouvelles topologies d’antennes simples, à faible encombrement, intelligentes, insensibles à l’environnement, large et ultra large bande… Notre intérêt s’est porté sur les antennes à résonateurs diélectriques (ARD). Dans le domaine de l’internet des objets, nous avons conçu et réalisé une antenne filtre, à base d’une jonction fente-résonateur diélectrique de forme rectangulaire en vue d’une intégration dans les dispositifs dédiés à ces applications. Pour des applications liées à la télémétrie, et plus précisément les compteurs intelligents, nous avons conçu et réalisé une antenne à base d’un résonateur diélectrique de forme cylindrique. Ces antennes intégrées dans des dispositifs où les sources de perturbations sont très présentes, ont montré une grande robustesse et une insensibilité à leur proche environnement. Par ailleurs, nous avons proposé deux nouvelles topologies d’antennes larges et ultra larges bandes. La première est un anneau cylindrique, constitué de quatre quartiers avec deux permittivités différentes. Un gap d’air a été introduit séparant le résonateur en deux. Cette structure innovante, confère à notre antenne une large bande et des caractéristiques de rayonnement stables. Cette antenne a servi comme élément de base pour proposer une antenne réseau agile en diagramme de rayonnement. La seconde, est dans la continuité de la première structure pour laquelle nous avons adopté une nouvelle technique d’alimentation ainsi qu’une diminution des dimensions du plan de masse. L’antenne obtenue propose alors des caractéristiques adaptées à des applications ultra large bande. / Nowadays, the constant increase of information traffic leads to a spectacular technological development in the field of telecommunications, whether it is cellular network, television, satellite, WIFI or other applications. This revolution is creating new needs and is inspiring a phenomenal technological evolution in the field of antenna design. Modern antennas in fact must meet increasingly harder requirements in terms of compactness, electromagnetic interference reduction, robustness to environment, increased gain, broadband bandwidth, intelligence, etc. The work carried out in this thesis mainly focuses on the design of new simple antenna topologies of small size, intelligent, insensitive to environment, broad and ultra-wide band. In particular, our interest focused on antennas based on Dielectric Resonators (DRs). In the field of the Internet of Things (IoT), we designed and realized a high-Q filter antenna based on a slot loaded rectangular dielectric resonator suitable for integration in compact IoT devices. We also designed and characterized an antenna based on a cylindrical shaped dielectric resonator (CDR). This antenna, which has been proposed to be integrated in smart meter devices, where interference sources are very present, has shown a great robustness to the surrounding environment. In addition, we proposed two new broadband and ultra-wideband antenna topologies. The first one is based on a cylindrical ring resonator, divided in four quarters characterized by two different permittivities. An air gap was inserted separating the resonator in two parts. This innovative structure gives our antenna a wide band behavior and stability in terms of radiation pattern. This structure has been used in an array configuration to achieve a reconfigurable radiation pattern. Starting from this work, the second antenna achieves an ultra-wideband behavior by adopting a new feeding technique as well as a reduced ground plane.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GustavoAC_TESE.pdf: 3178455 bytes, checksum: bdea1ce583a318f3a35fb4f3221877a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The use of flexible materials for the development of planar circuits is one of the most desired and studied characteristics, lately, by researchers. This happens because the flexibility of the substrate can provide previously impracticable applications, due to the rigidity of the substrates normally used that makes it difficult to fit into the circuits in irregular surfaces. The constant interest in recent years for more lighter devices, increasingly more compacts, flexible and with low cost, led to a new line of research of great interest from both academic and technological views, that is the study and development of textile substrates that can be applied in the development of planar circuits, for applications in the areas of security, biomedical and telecommunications. This paper proposes the development of planar circuits, such as antennas , frequency selective surfaces (FSS) and planar filters, using textile (cotton ticking, jeans and brim santista) as the dielectric substrate and the Pure Copper Polyester Taffeta Fabric, a textile of pure copper, highly conductive, lightweight and flexible, commercially sold as a conductive material. The electrical characteristics of textiles (electric permittivity and loss tangent) were characterized using the transmission line method (rectangular waveguide) and compared with those found in the literature. The structures were analyzed using commercial software Ansoft Designer and Ansoft HFSS, both from the company Ansys and for comparison we used the Iterative Method of Waves (WCIP). For the purpose of validation were built and measured several prototypes of antennas, planar filters and FSS, being possible to confirm an excellent agreement between simulated and measured results / A utiliza??o de materiais flex?veis para o desenvolvimento de circuitos planares ? uma das caracter?sticas mais desejadas e estudadas, ultimamente, pelos pesquisadores, pois essa maleabilidade do substrato proporciona aplica??es antes imposs?veis, devido ? rigidez dos substratos normalmente utilizados o que dificultava a adequa??o dos circuitos em superf?cies irregulares. O constante interesse nos ?ltimos anos por dispositivos mais leves, cada vez mais compactos, flex?veis e com custo reduzido, levou a uma nova linha de pesquisa de grande interesse tanto do ponto de vista acad?mico quanto tecnol?gico que ? o estudo e desenvolvimento de substratos t?xteis que possam ser aplicados no desenvolvimento de circuitos planares, para aplica??es nas ?reas de seguran?a, biom?dica e telecomunica??es. Este trabalho prop?e o desenvolvimento de circuitos planares, tais como antenas, superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia (FSS) e filtros planares, utilizando tecidos (lona, jeans e brim santista) como substrato diel?trico e o tecido Pure Copper Polyester Taffeta Fabric, um tecido de cobre puro, altamente condutivo, leve e flex?vel, comercialmente vendido como material condutivo. As caracter?sticas el?tricas dos tecidos (permissividade el?trica e tangente de perda) foram determinadas utilizando o m?todo de linha de transmiss?o e comparadas com os encontrados na literatura. As estruturas foram analisadas utilizando os softwares comerciais Ansoft Designer, Ansoft HFSS ambos da empresa Ansys e para efeito de compara??o foi utilizado o M?todo Iterativo das Ondas (WCIP). Para efeito de valida??o foram constru?dos e medidos v?rios prot?tipos de antenas, FSS e filtros planares sendo poss?vel constatar uma excelente concord?ncia entre os resultados simulados e medidos