DocumentCode :
26530
Title :
2 
2 Microstrip Patch Antenna Array Fed by Substrate Integrated Waveguide for Radar Applications
Author :
Mikulasek, Tomas ; Georgiadis, Anthimos ; Collado, Ana ; Lacik, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio Electron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
Volume :
12
fYear :
2013
fDate :
2013
Firstpage :
1287
Lastpage :
1290
Abstract :
A 2 × 2 microstrip patch antenna array fed by a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) feeding network for 24-GHz radar applications is proposed in this letter. The microstrip patches are aperture-coupled with the feeding network consisting of a perpendicular coax-to-SIW transition and two Y-junction power dividers. The antenna design is performed in the full-wave electromagnetic solver ANSYS HFSS and verified by measurement. At the operation frequency 24 GHz, a fabricated prototype has a gain of 11.1 dBi and a low sidelobe level below -22 dB in the E-plane and -33 dB in the H-plane.
Keywords :
microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; power dividers; radar antennas; substrate integrated waveguides; E-plane; H-plane; Y-junction power dividers; antenna design; feeding network; frequency 24 GHz; full-wave electromagnetic solver ANSYS HFSS; microstrip patch antenna array; microstrip patches; radar; substrate integrated waveguide; Arrays; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Substrates; Antenna array; microstrip patch; power divider; slot; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW);
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1536-1225
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2013.2283731
Filename :
6612632
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