Title :
Low profile multibeam dual polarization antenna array with compensated mutual coupling
Author :
Shen, Lin-Ping ; Trigui, Hafedh ; Dean, Stuart ; Yan, Bing
Author_Institution :
Adaptive Antenna Group, Ultra Electron. - TCS, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a low profile wideband multibeam integrated dual polarization antenna array for C-band applications. Two three beam Butler beam-forming network (BFN) are implemented in a single layer and integrated with wideband aperture-coupled staked patch elements. By utilizing certain mutual coupling compensation techniques, the array performances, especially the return loss, have been improved. Finally some experiment results are given.
Keywords :
aperture-coupled antennas; array signal processing; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; Butler beamforming network; C-band applications; compensated mutual coupling; integrated dual polarization antenna array; low profile wideband multibeam antenna array; mutual coupling compensation; staked patch elements; wideband aperture-coupled patch elements; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Butler matrix; Mutual coupling; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348680
