• DocumentCode
    3442003
  • Title

    A mm-wave tapered slot antenna with improved radiation pattern

  • Author

    Sugawara, S. ; Maita, Y. ; Adachi, K. ; Mori, K. ; Mizuno, K.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electron. R&D Center, Ricoh Co. Ltd., Natori, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-13 June 1997
  • Firstpage
    959
  • Abstract
    We have proposed a new configuration of Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA) with an improved radiation pattern. The new design has a tapered section expressed by the Fermi-Dirac distribution function. At 60 GHz, the H-plane side lobe level of the antenna is 5-dB lower than that of conventional TSA´s such as Linearly Tapered Slot Antennas. We also present a new technique for reducing the width of a TSA without degradation of radiation pattern.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave measurement; slot antennas; 60 GHz; Fermi-Dirac distribution function; H-plane side lobe level; antenna width; mm-wave tapered slot antenna; radiation pattern; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bridge circuits; Coplanar waveguides; Feeds; Geometry; Impedance matching; Insertion loss; Slot antennas; Slotline;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3814-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1997.602960
  • Filename
    602960