A W-band slot array antenna based on substrate waveguide

Author

Jinling Zhang ; Ke Gao ; Yu Zhang ; Xinyu Cao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

998

Lastpage

1002

Abstract

A type of waveguide feed Terahertz slot array antenna with a plastic substrate body structure is proposed in this paper. Slots are produced by periodically cutting a copper plate. Implementation of the plastic based waveguide body offers a better directivity and radiation efficiency than the conventional metallic waveguide, and lower inner attenuation can be achieved. Full-wave simulation showed that the waveguide feed W-band slot array antenna works at 88.4GHz with a 10dB bandwidth of 16.4GHz and the maximum directivity is 13dBi. Better antenna directivity can be achieved by employing antenna array.

Keywords

antenna feeds; copper; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; substrate integrated waveguides; Cu; W-band slot array antenna; antenna directivity; bandwidth 16.4 GHz; copper plate; frequency 88.4 GHz; plastic based waveguide body; plastic substrate body structure; radiation efficiency; substrate waveguide; waveguide feed terahertz slot array antenna; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Plastics; Slot antennas; Substrates; Terahertz; antenna; plastic substrate; slot array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901933

Filename

6901933