Differential excitation of a hybrid antenna for a 75 GHz antenna array implemented on a multilayer PC board

Author

Juenemann, Ralf ; Zielska, Anna ; Schiessl, A. ; Methfessel, Sebastian ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter

fYear

2013

fDate

6-10 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1163

Lastpage

1166

Abstract

If, for practical reasons, there is a need to bend a differential waveguide, the bend has to be compensated to avoid mode conversion into the common mode which can lead to unwanted resonance effects. This paper deals with two possible compensating structures for a 45° bend in a differential waveguide exciting a hybrid antenna. The hybrid antenna in turn is part of a large array used in a security scanner for people screening. Simulations show antenna behavior with and without compensation with respect to matching, mode conversion, gain, and suppression of the cross polarization.

Keywords

compensation; electromagnetic wave polarisation; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave circuits; printed circuits; waveguide antenna arrays; compensating structure; cross polarization suppression; differential waveguide; frequency 75 GHz; hybrid differential excitation antenna array; mode conversion avoidance; multilayer PC board; people screening; security scanner; unwanted resonance effect; Dipole antennas; MMICs; Microwave circuits; Microwave imaging; Microwave photonics; antenna feed; differential amplifier; horn antenna; microwave imaging; mode conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6686869