Design of an 8-element planar composite right/left-handed leaky wave antenna array for 2-D beam steering

Author

Kaneda, Tokio ; Sanada, Atsushi ; Kubo, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Yamaguchi Univ., Yamaguchi

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1067

Lastpage

1070

Abstract

An 8-element planar composite right/left-handed (CRLH) leaky wave antenna (LWA) array fed by an 8 times 8 Butler matrix feeding network is designed and its 2-D beam steering characteristics are demonstrated numerically. The 2-D beam steering is expected in one plane by changing frequency and also in the other orthogonal plane by switching the input port of the BM. The CRLH LWA element and the BM are designed in the microstrip line configuration and overall radiation characteristics of the antenna array are predicted numerically.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; leaky wave antennas; matrix algebra; metamaterials; planar antenna arrays; 2D beam steering; 8-element planar composite right-left-handed antenna; Butler matrix feeding network; CRLH; LWA array; leaky wave antenna array; microstrip line configuration; radiation characteristics; Antenna arrays; Beam steering; Butler matrix; Frequency; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antenna arrays; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; 2-D beam steering; Butler matrix; antenna array; composite right/lefthanded transmission line; leaky wave antenna; metamaterials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. APMC 2006. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

978-4-902339-08-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-902339-11-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2006.4429593

Filename

4429593