Novel CRLH leaky wave antenna with horizontal scanning property

Author

Chi, Yu-Jen ; Chen, Fu-Chiarng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2011

Firstpage

935

Lastpage

938

Abstract

A novel composite right/left-handed (CRLH) leaky-wave antenna (LWA) with horizontal scanning capability is presented. It consists of 10 CRLH unit cells and coplanar waveguide (CPW) to coplanar strpline (CPS) feeding schemes. The proposed balanced CRLH unit cell is designed based on coplanar stripline structure. Dimensions of the CRLH unit cell could be determined analytically, which makes it easily to be modified to operate at any other frequency band. By varying the operating frequency, the CRLH leaky wave antenna reveals the continuously beam scanning capability from backward to forward in the azimuth plane, which achieves about 135° scanning range of angels. The simulated return loss as well as far-field radiation patterns were also provided to verify its beam-scanning property in horizontal plane. Planar and low-profile characteristics of the novel CRLH LWA make it suitable to be integrated with other microwave circuits.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; composite materials; coplanar waveguides; leaky wave antennas; metamaterial antennas; strip lines; CRLH leaky wave antenna; antenna feeding scheme; composite right/left-handed leaky wave antenna; coplanar stripline; coplanar waveguide; far field radiation pattern; horizontal scanning property; Coplanar waveguides; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Beam steering; CRLH transmission line; Leaky wave antennas; Metamaterials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2034-5

Type

conf

Filename

6173906