Simulation of microstrip array antenna for Ka - Band applications

Author

Thenmozhi, K. ; Jagadeeshvelan, K. ; GaneshMadhan, M. ; Piramasubramanian, S. ; Roopchand, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of ElectronicsEngineering, Anna Univ., Chennai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents the design and simulation of two different array antenna structures (4×1 and 4×2) for 35 GHz, Ka-band applications. The antenna element used is Microstrip patch fed by inset feed line. A corporate feed network is used for uniform excitation. The quarter wavelength transformers are used for impedance matching. Simulations predict a gain, return loss of 13.07 dB and 12.4 dB, -19.21 dB and -40.01 dB for the 4 × 1 and 4 × 2 array structures respectively. The arrays are designed and simulated using ADS software tool.

Keywords

impedance matching; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; Ka-band applications; array antenna structure; frequency 35 GHz; impedance matching; microstrip array antenna; microstrip patch; quarter wavelength transformer; Antennas; Arrays; Dielectrics; Europe; IP networks; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; ADS; Inset feed; Ka Band; Microstrip Array Antenna; corporate feed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2321-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECS.2014.6892624

Filename

6892624