Title :
Microstrip travelling wave combline array antenna with reflection compensation
Author :
Choi, Sung ; Kim, You Ho
Author_Institution :
New Generation Wireless Commun. Res. Center, Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Yokosuka Kanagawa
Abstract :
A microstrip travelling wave combline array with reflection compensation is proposed and demonstrated. A compensation stub is used to minimise the cumulative reflection and the sidelobe degradation at broadside. To simplify the compensation design, two same radiating stubs are grouped together to form a pair. Two linear arrays with and without compensation are designed and compared. A fabricated 24 GHz array exhibits a return loss of -22.1 dB and the highest H-plane sidelobe level of -20.2 dB at broadside
Keywords :
compensation; electromagnetic wave reflection; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; -22.1 dB; 24 GHz; compensation stub; cumulative reflection; microstrip travelling wave combline array antenna; reflection compensation; sidelobe degradation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
