Multiple layer Fabry-Perot cavity antennas

Author

Konstantinidis, Konstantinos ; Feresidis, Alexandros P. ; Hall, Peter S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2500

Lastpage

2504

Abstract

High gain broadband Fabry-Perot type antennas are proposed, based on multiple-layer Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSSs). Three layers of FSSs are used, printed on thin dielectric substrates of the same thickness and placed in front of a ground plane, forming three open cavities. The geometry has been optimized using full wave simulations (CST Microwave Studio™). The antenna performance is based on the reflection characteristics of the FSS array, which are obtained using periodic analysis. An antenna of around 20 dBi gain at an operating frequency of 14.5 GHz is obtained with a 3dB bandwidth of about 15%, outperforming earlier antenna designs based on two-layer FSSs.

Keywords

antenna arrays; broadband antennas; dielectric materials; frequency selective surfaces; CST Microwave Studio; FSS array; antenna designs; broadband type antennas; frequency 14.5 GHz; full wave simulations; geometry; multiple layer Fabry-Perot cavity antennas; open cavities; periodic analysis; reflection characteristics; thin dielectric substrates; two-layer frequency selective surfaces; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Cavity resonators; Frequency selective surfaces; Gain; Fabry-Perot cavities (FPC); High-gain antennas; Leaky wave antennas; Wide-band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546744