Title :
A composite right/left-handed leaky-wave antenna with gap capacitors for backward to forward beam scanning
Author :
Debabrata K. Karmokar;Karu P. Esselle
Author_Institution :
Centre for Electromagnetic and Antenna Engineering (CELANE), Department of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW-2109, Australia
Abstract :
This paper presents a simple composite right/left-handed (CRLH) leaky-wave antenna (LWA) for continuous beam scanning from backward to forward direction through the boresight. The proposed CRLH LWA has the ability to scan the main beam from -40° to 40° by sweeping the operating frequency from 7.5 GHz to 10 GHz, with a boresight beam at 8.58 GHz. The peak gain of the antenna is 12.45 dBi and its 3dB gain bandwidth is 2 GHz (8 - 10 GHz).
Keywords :
"Leaky wave antennas","Microstrip","Microstrip antennas","Microwave antennas","Bandwidth","Substrates"
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2015 IEEE Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CAMA.2015.7428164
