Title :
Design of low cost microstrip antenna arrays for mm-Wave applications
Author :
Rida, Amin ; Tentzeris, Manos ; Nikolaou, Symeon
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A planar, low profile, low cost microstrip patch array antenna is developed in the millimeter-wave band for large gain applications. A simple edge feeding is used for a sub-array of 16 × 1 elements, and finally a matching network or power divider/splitter is designed for a 32 × 16 elements with a gain of 27 dBi for the design frequency of 79 GHz and 26 dBi at 80 GHz. A method to reduce the slightly high “shoulder” radiation due to the feed network is introduced through a shielded feed.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; power dividers; antenna gain; edge feeding; frequency 79 GHz; frequency 80 GHz; low cost microstrip antenna array design; matching network; millimeter wave application; planar antenna arrays; power divider; power splitter; Gain; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Millimeter wave radar; Radar antennas; array antenna; microstrip antenna; millimeter-wave;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996916
