Title :
Dual tapered meander slot antenna for radar applications
Author :
Allen, Cuthbert M. ; Eldek, Abdelnasser A. ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Smith, Charles E. ; Huang, Chun-Wen Paul ; Lee, Kai-Fong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Mississippi, University, MS, USA
fDate :
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dual tapered meander slot antenna (TMSA) is designed for use as an element in a phased array antenna system for RF and microwave sensors and radar applications. The novel design of dual TMSA element, excited by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed, provides a wide band and high efficiency characteristics with 50 Ω input impedance at 10 GHz operating frequency.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna phased arrays; broadband antennas; coplanar waveguides; electric impedance; microwave detectors; radar antennas; slot antenna arrays; 10 GHz; CPW feed; RF sensor; TMSA; broadband antenna; coplanar waveguide; dual tapered meander slot antenna; input impedance; microwave sensor; phased array antenna system; radar application; Coplanar waveguides; Feeds; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave sensors; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radio frequency; Sensor arrays; Slot antennas; Broadband antennas; meander antenna; slot antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2005.850757
