Title :
Hyperbolic tangent tapered slot antenna
Author :
Nakajima, Hiromasa ; Kosugi, Takashi ; Enoki, Tsutomu
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
10/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A tapered slot antenna, the taper section of which is shaped according to a hyperbolic tangent (tanh) function, is proposed. Characteristics of the antenna are experimentally compared with those of a conventional linearly tapered slot antenna (LTSA). The radiation patterns of the proposed antenna measured at 125 GHz exhibit lower sidelobe levels than those of the LTSA in both the E- and H-planes.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; slot antennas; E-planes; H-planes; antenna radiation patterns; frequency 125 GHz; hyperbolic tangent function; hyperbolic tangent tapered slot antenna; linearly tapered slot antenna;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.2383
