A Hollow Rectangular Coaxial Line for Slot Array Applications Fabricated by Diffusion Bonding of Laminated Thin Metal Plates

Author

Sano, Makoto ; Hirokawa, Jiro ; Ando, Makoto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

61

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1810

Lastpage

1815

Abstract

A hollow rectangular coaxial line is designed for the 60-GHz band and fabricated by diffusion bonding of laminated thin metal plates. A low transmission loss of 0.036 dB/cm is confirmed at 60 GHz by measurement in a designed rectangular coaxial line. The suspended inner conductor is supported by a thin plate. A longitudinal slot excited by the metal support and its linear array are presented. The proposed structures are verified by comparing the measured results with the designed ones. The 1.5% bandwidth of the linear array for reflection below -14 dB is obtained by the measurement.

Keywords

diffusion bonding; laminates; plates (structures); slot antenna arrays; diffusion bonding; frequency 60 GHz; hollow rectangular coaxial line; laminated thin metal plates; linear array; longitudinal slot; low transmission loss; slot array applications; suspended inner conductor; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Conductors; Diffusion bonding; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Reflection; Diffusion bonding; hollow rectangular coaxial line; slot array antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2232268

Filename

6400222