Wide-band, wide-angle microstrip stacked-patch-element phased arrays

Author

Lubin, Yan ; Hessel, Alexander

Author_Institution

Chinese Acad. of Space Technol., Beijing, China

Volume

39

Issue

8

fYear

1991

fDate

8/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1062

Lastpage

1070

Abstract

The feasibility of a probe-fed, microstrip-stacked-patch element for wideband phased arrays scanned from broadside to about 45° in two planes is established through computer simulation. The implementation of a systematic interactive design procedure of such phased array elements is described. The authors describe the array model, present the main steps in the analysis of scan and frequency gain performance, and consider various aspects of convergence acceleration. An iterative stacked-phased-array-element design procedure is developed. The method is facilitated by identification of the individual uncoupled resonant configurations of the stagger-tuned patch system. The authors present samples of numerical results for active resistance and reflection coefficient for single probe excitation, and some useful transmission line relations

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; iterative methods; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; scanning antennas; active resistance; convergence acceleration; frequency gain performance; interactive design procedure; iterative design procedure; microstrip antennas; microstrip stacked-patch-element; reflection coefficient; scan performance; single probe excitation; stagger-tuned patch system; transmission line relations; wideband phased arrays; Acceleration; Computer simulation; Convergence; Frequency; Microstrip antenna arrays; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Phased arrays; Resonance; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.97339

Filename

97339