• DocumentCode
    1316547
  • Title

    Coplanar waveguide fed quasi-Yagi antenna

  • Author

    Sor, J. ; Qian, Yongxi ; Itoh, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel coplanar waveguide fed quasi-Yagi antenna is presented. A wide bandwidth is achieved by using a broadband coplanar waveguide to a slotline balun. An X-band prototype has been realised which demonstrates a broad bandwidth (30%), -19 dB front-to-back ratio, and cross-polarisation better than -17 dB at 10 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Yagi antenna arrays; antenna feeds; baluns; coplanar waveguides; slot line components; waveguide antenna arrays; 10 GHz; X-band; bandwidth; broadband coplanar waveguide; coplanar waveguide fed antenna; cross-polarisation; front-to-back ratio; quasi-Yagi antenna; slotline balun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000132
  • Filename
    830477