Design of compact directive ultra wideband Chebychev tapered slot antenna array

Author

Hettak, K. ; Delisle, G.Y. ; Morin, G.A. ; Stubbs, M.G.

Author_Institution

Terrestrial Wireless Syst. Branch, Commun. Res. Centre (CRC), Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An optimized 1 times 4 Chebychev Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA) array designed for wideband applications has been developed. Tapered slot antennas were utilized as the array elements and optimized to have a compact size. A one to four wideband power divider was designed and fabricated to compose the feed network for Chebychev TSA antenna array. Measured results of the proposed Chebychev TSA antenna array yield ultra wide frequency bandwidth with return loss below -10 dB for the whole frequency range of operation. The developed array is an essential component for wideband applications.

Keywords

antenna feeds; directive antennas; power dividers; slot antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; Chebychev tapered slot antenna array; TSA optimization; compact directive ultra wideband antenna array; feed network; one to four wideband power divider; return loss; Antenna arrays; Broadband antennas; Design optimization; Directive antennas; Feeds; Frequency; Power dividers; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5172334

Filename

5172334