Title :
A new asymmetrically grooved NRD guide leaky-wave antenna for millimeter-wave application
Author :
Xu, S.J. ; Zeng, X.Y. ; Yoneyama, T. ; Wu, K. ; Luk, K.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China
Abstract :
A new asymmetrically grooved nonradiative dielectric (AGNRD) guide leaky-wave antenna is proposed and investigated theoretically and experimentally for practical use in the 60 GHz frequency band. The AGNRD antenna structure overcomes the difficulty in precision assembling of the dielectric strip while preserving the simplicity of the original NRD guide structure. Leaky-wave characteristics of the new AGNRD guide are studied with a rigorous method that combines multimode network theory with a mode matching technique. Satisfactory agreement between theoretical and experimental results is obtained.
Keywords :
antenna theory; leaky wave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; mode matching; nonradiative dielectric waveguides; 60 GHz; EHF; asymmetrically grooved NRD guide; leaky-wave antenna; leaky-wave characteristics; low cost design; millimeter-wave application; mode matching technique; multimode network theory; nonradiative dielectric guide; Circuits; Dielectrics; Equations; Frequency; Impedance; Leaky wave antennas; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Symmetric matrices; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5135-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779453