Fan-beam reflector back array antenna for V-band WLAN applications

Author

Naghshvarian-Jahromi, Mahdi ; Oraizi, Homayoun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (IUST), Tehran, Iran

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1759

Lastpage

1762

Abstract

In this paper, a V-band fan beam reflector back array antenna is introduced. This is made up of two main parts, namely a planar array and a main reflector and enables an easy implementation. The reflector part is connected to the ground of planar array that makes the reflector not an ordinary parasitic element. The proposed antenna has dimensions 4.65Ã—31Ã—2.63 mm³ including the reflector. For 60 GHz wireless LAN applications, a high antenna gain is required to overcome the propagation losses. In addition, to maximize the azimuth coverage, this antenna has a fan beam pattern in V-band at 58.8-60.8 GHz. The gain for proposed antenna at 60 GHz is 15.2 dBi. The numerical analysis shows that the proposed antenna can be a good candidate for 60 GHz wireless LAN applications.

Keywords

antenna arrays; reflector antennas; wireless LAN; V-band WLAN applications; fan-beam reflector back array antenna; frequency 58.8 GHz to 60.8 GHz; numerical analysis; wireless LAN applications; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Azimuth; Linear antenna arrays; Planar arrays; Propagation losses; Reflector antennas; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; V-band applications; array antenna; fan-beam antenna; reflector back; sub-radiator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2801-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2802-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2009.5384252

Filename

5384252