Comparing performance of double layer stripline fed and single layer Y2Y fed vivaldi antennas

Author

Ostadrahimi, Majid ; Noghanian, Sima ; Shafai, Lotfollah ; Foroozesh, Alireza

Author_Institution

Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of two different feed structures for Vivaldi antennas. It is shown that cross polarization performance depends on both guiding and feed regions. The effect of feed region is very important and cross polarization can be decreased by reducing the feed radiation. The performance of a double layer Vivaldi antenna fed by stripline and a single layer one fed by Y2Y feed are compared. The designed antennas can be used for Ultra Wideband (UWB) microwave imaging applications.

Keywords

antennas; microwave imaging; polarisation; UWB microwave imaging; cross polarization performance; double layer stripline fed; feed radiation; single layer Y2Y fed Vivaldi antennas; ultra wideband microwave imaging; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Feeds; Gain; Slot antennas; Vivaldi antennas; Cross polarization; Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA); Ultra Wideband (UWB); Vivaldi antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference (ANTEM-AMEREM), 2010 14th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5049-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5050-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552510

Filename

5552510