Title :
A study for rotational symmetry of the aperture field on Spiral Array radial line slot antenna
Author :
Ueda, Hideki ; Koyama, Yusuke ; Hirokawa, Jiro ; Ando, Makoto ; Albani, Matteo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We calculated the azimuthal deviations varying slot parameters of spiral array RLSAs. The inner/outer termination angles of the slot array have little influence on the azimuthal distributions. The element spacing in the circumferential direction has a significant impact on the azimuthal distributions. When the element spacing in the circumferential direction is 0.58 lambdag, the deviations are minimized to 4.5 dB and 32 deg. As above, the azimuthal deviations are determined not by local parameters but by global parameters.
Keywords :
aperture antennas; slot antenna arrays; azimuthal deviation; inner-outer termination angle; rotational symmetry; spiral array radial line slot antenna; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Electromagnetic waveguides; Planar arrays; Slot antennas; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5172192