Coaxial Continuous Transverse Stub (CTS) array

Author

Zhijun Zhang ; Iskander, M. ; Zhengqing Yun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

16-21 July 2000

Firstpage

332

Abstract

A new coaxial Continuous Transverse Stub (CTS) array is proposed in this paper. It is an omni-directional low cost antenna array which provides good impedance matching characteristics and good tolerance to manufacturing errors. It can be simply fed by a coaxial connector and is particularly suitable for millimeter wave personal communication systems (PCS). It is shown that this type of radiating element provides high aperture efficiency, and for the simulated design of single- and multiple-element arrays, S/sub 11/ was below -10 dB across a 6 GHz frequency span at the Ka band. The geometry of the proposed antenna is described and its design consideration discussed.

Keywords

coaxial cables; impedance matching; millimetre wave antenna arrays; EHF; Ka band; MM-wave personal communication systems; coaxial connector; coaxial continuous transverse stub array; high aperture efficiency; impedance matching characteristics; low cost antenna array; manufacturing errors tolerance; omni-directional antenna array; radiating element; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Coaxial components; Connectors; Costs; Frequency; Impedance matching; Manufacturing; Millimeter wave communication; Personal communication networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6369-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2000.873830

Filename

873830