Broadband tapered microstrip leaky-wave antenna

This study proposes a novel scheme based on the characteristics of leaky-wave antennas for the empirical design of broadband tapered microstrip leaky-wave antennas. This scheme can explain and approximately model the radiation characteristics of a linearly tapered leaky-wave microstrip antenna. A broadband feeding structure that uses the balanced and the inverted balanced microstrip lines to form a pair of broadband baluns is also presented. The measured return loss of the inverted balanced microstrip lines has a VSWR/spl les/2 from dc to 18.6 GHz and that of the back-to-back feeding structures has a VSWR/spl les/2 from 2.2 to 18.6 GHz. This feeding structure can be used to feed a broadband planar leaky-wave antenna with a fixed mainbeam that uses the tapered microstrip structure. The measured bandwidth of the antenna for a VSWR/spl les/2 exceeds 2.3:1.     

Microstrip antennas

Microstrip antennas have been one of the most innovative topics in antenna theory and design in recent years, and are increasingly finding application in a wide range of modern microwave systems. This paper begins with a brief overview of the basic characteristics of microstrip antennas, and then concentrates on the most significant developments in microstrip antenna technology that have been made in the last several years. Emphasis is on new antenna configurations for improved electrical performance and manufacturability and on advances in the analytical modeling of microstrip antennas and arrays     

一种提高微带MIMO 天线端口隔离度的新方法

多输入多输出(MIMO) 无线通信系统已经成为提高通信系统可靠性和数据传输速率的有效技术。MIMO 通信系统中,终端天线的性能对系统通信容量的提升至关重要。为了提高天线端口隔离度,提出了一种在微带天线辐射贴片上加载缝隙阵列实现天线极化分集,提高天线隔离度的方法,并且将这种方法应用于两个2 单元微带MIMO 天线设计中,取得了良好的效果。缝隙阵列加载不但抑制了微带MIMO 天线单元间的耦合,而且产生了更多谐振频点,改善了高频谐振频点畸变的天线辐射方向图,并且天线尺寸也得到了很大的减缩。最后对比分析了设计的两个微带MIMO 天线,实测结果与仿真计算比较可知,在工作带宽内,单元天线间耦合得到了非常有效的抑制。这种在平面天线辐射贴片加载缝隙阵列改变天线极化方向的技术可以很好地用来抑制多天线系统中单元天线间的耦合,而且对天线的其他性能不会造成影响。     

New Optically Controlled Frequency-Agile Microstrip Antenna

A novel class of microstrip antennas composed of organic semiconductor polymer [poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)] is proposed for frequency sweeping applications. The permittivity of the P3HT film is measured using the reflective coaxial method for illuminated and nonilluminated states. Resonant frequencies of the proposed antennas instantly change on changing the optical illumination intensity from an adjustable white-light source. Two different antenna configurations (square and square ring) are designed and tested experimentally. The square ring antenna is able to sweep a broader frequency band (1.5 GHz). The gain and radiation efficiency of the proposed square antenna are compared with the corresponding copper microstrip antenna. The proposed antennas have acceptable resonant and radiation characteristics, albeit with modest radiation efficiency.     

微带可重构天线的初步探讨

引入了一种崭新的天线概念-可重构天线。首先根据传统微带天线腔模理论定性地分析了微带可重构天线的工作机理，然后用时域有限差分（FDTD）法对微带天线的可重构特性进行了仿真分析。仿真和分析表明，矩形微带可重构天线当某一边长大于等于一个工作波长时，能够获得良好的可重构特性。     

Lens-coupled imaging arrays for the millimeter- andsubmillimeter-wave regions

The authors have been developing four kinds of lens-coupled antenna imaging arrays for operation at millimeter- and submillimeter-wave frequencies. Dipole antennas, Yagi-Uda trap-loaded antennas, and microstrip patches are compared from the viewpoint of matching with detectors and optical systems. The radiation patterns and input impedance of each antenna have been calculated and measured to attain the optimum matching using model experiments. The trap-loaded antenna arrays have been successfully applied to plasma diagnostics at the Tsukuba GAMMA 10 tandem mirror     

Superconducting microstrip antennas: an experimental comparison oftwo feeding methods

The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductors (HTSs) has generated a substantial amount of interest in microstrip antenna applications. However, the high permittivity of substrates compatible with HTS causes difficulty in feeding such antennas because of the high patch edge impedance. Two methods for feeding HTS microstrip antennas at K- and Ka-band are examined. Superconducting microstrip antennas that are directly coupled and gas-coupled to a microstrip transmission line have been designed and fabricated on lanthanum aluminate substrates using Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting thin films. Measurements from these antennas, including input impedance, bandwidth, efficiency, and patterns, are presented and compared with published models. The measured results demonstrate that usable antennas can be constructed using either of these architectures, although the antennas suffer from narrow bandwidths. In each case, the HTS antenna shows a substantial improvement over an identical antenna made with normal metals     

宽带毫米波微带天线的设计与分析

根据微带天线的设计技术要求,介绍了微带天线带宽的影响因素。在矩形毫米波微带天线设计与分析的基础上,分别设计出 C 型和 W 型两种宽带毫米波开槽微带天线。利用仿真软件对3 种天线的输入回波损耗、驻波系数、相对带宽和方向性等技术参数进行仿真优化和比较分析。仿真与实验结果表明,3 种天线的设计均满足技术要求,C 型和 W 型开槽微带天线较矩形微带天线的相对带宽大幅提高,且具备良好的定向辐射特性。     

超宽带阶梯形微带单极子天线的设计与研究

针对当前已有超宽带(ultra-wideband,UWB)微带单板子天线带宽窄、尺寸大等缺陷,设计了一款小型化UWB阶梯形微带单极子天线,采用开槽的矩形辐射贴片、阶梯形微带馈电线和缺陷地面结构(defected ground structure,DGS)实现良好的UWB特性.对天线的回波损耗、电压驻波比(voltage...     

Microstrip antennas on synthesized low dielectric-constantsubstrates

Micromachining techniques using closely spaced holes have been used underneath a microstrip antenna on a high dielectric-constant substrate (ϵ_r=10.8) to synthesize a localized low dielectric-constant environment (ϵ_r=2.3). The measured radiation efficiency of a microstrip antenna on a micromachined 635-μm thick ϵ_r=10.8 Duroid 6010 substrate increased from 48±3% to 73±3% at 12.8-13.0 GHz (including 3.3-cm feed line losses). We believe that this technique can be applied to millimeter-wave antennas (microstrip, dipoles, slots, etc.) on silicon and GaAs substrates to result in relatively wideband (3-6%) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) active antenna modules for phased-arrays and collision-avoidance systems     

基于液晶聚合物的双陷波可穿戴天线的设计

基于超薄液晶聚合物柔性材料,设计了一种满足无线体域网(WBAN)需求的双陷波UWB可穿戴天线。该天线由椭圆形贴片、锥形三叉戟共面馈线和梯形地板组成。通过分别在辐射贴片上蚀刻椭圆开口谐振环和在共面馈线上蚀刻n形槽以实现双陷波特性。该天线采用共面波导的馈电方式,具有良好的共面性,易于与载体共形。经网络矢量分析仪测试结果表明,该天线在3. 1~10. 6 GHz的超宽带频段内回波损耗小于-10 d B的同时,在4. 88~6. 15 GHz和7. 55~8. 51 GHz内拥有双陷波特性,可抑制WiMAX和ITU 8 GHz频段对系统产生的干扰。与以往的可穿戴天线相比,该天线厚度仅为0. 1 mm,且柔性可弯曲。此外,对天线在弯曲情况下进行测试,天线特性基本保持不变。     

宽带微带贴片天线的研究进展

文章论述了微带贴片天线频带展宽方面的研究进展,主要介绍了几种新型的大带宽微带贴片天线。这些天线采用了在贴片或接地板“开窗”,附加负载,增加片元等方法来改进微带贴片天线的窄频特性,同时使其向小型化,结构简单化方向发展,使微带贴片天线的应用范围得到进一步的扩大。     

Microstrip leaky-wave antenna fed by short-end CPW-to-slottransition

Single and dual-beam microstrip leaky-wave antennas fed by a short-end coplanar waveguide (CPW)-to-slot transition are presented. The radiation bands of the antennas are deduced from the leaky-wave propagation characteristics of the microstrip line first higher order leaky mode. The measured reflection coefficients of the radiation band confirm the predicted leaky band and the measured radiation patterns exhibit the frequency-scanning feature of the leaky-wave antenna. The short-end CPW-to-slot transition feeding method simplifies the circuit layout and is more suitable for different band design than the CPW-fed microstrip first higher order leaky-wave antennas presented in the literature     

一种新型微带分形贴片天线的设计

采用两点格式法构造了一种新型的分形结构,并利用其设计了微带分形贴片天线,采用AnsoftHFSS软件对天线进行仿真优化,然后制作了实物并完成实验测量。仿真结果和测量数据表明:一阶和二阶微带分形贴片天线的面积尺寸较传统微带贴片天线分别能够缩减46.85%和60.01%,这与传统的Koch微带分形贴片天线和Minkowski微带分形贴片天线比较,具有良好的尺寸缩减性。因此,该结构在天线小型化领域具有研究价值。     

Design and Experiment on Differentially-Driven Microstrip Antennas

Design and experiment is given of differentially-driven microstrip antennas. First, the design formulas to determine the patch dimensions and the location of the feed point for single-ended microstrip antennas are examined to design differentially-driven microstrip antennas. It is found that the patch length can still be designed using the formulas for the required resonant frequency but the patch width calculated by the formula usually needs to be widen to ensure the excitation of the fundamental mode using the probe feeds. The condition that links the patch width, the locations of the probe feeds, and the excitation of the fundamental mode is given. Second, the wideband techniques for single-ended microstrip antennas are evaluated for differentially-driven microstrip antennas. A novel H-slot is proposed for differentially-driven microstrip antennas to improve impedance bandwidth. Third, the effects of imperfect differential signal conditions on the performance of differentially-driven microstrip antennas are investigated for the first time. It is found that they only degrade the polarization purity in the -plane with an increased radiation of cross-polarization. Finally, both differentially-driven and single-ended microstrip antennas were fabricated and measured. It is shown that the simulated and measured results are in acceptable agreement. More importantly, it is also shown that the differentially-driven microstrip antenna has wider impedance bandwidth of measured 4.1% and simulated 3.9% and higher gain of measured 4.2 dBi and simulated 3.7 dBi as compared with those of measured 1.9% and simulated 1.3% and gain of measured 1.2 dBi and simulated 1.2 dBi of the single-ended microstrip antenna.     

Radiation and scattering characteristics of microstrip antennas onnormally biased ferrite substrates

Radiation and scattering characteristics of microstrip antennas and arrays printed on ferrite substrates with a normal magnetic bias field are described. The extra degree of freedom offered by the biased ferrite can be used to obtain a number of novel characteristics, including switchable and tunable circularly polarized radiation from a microstrip antenna having a single feed point, dynamic wide-angle impedance matching for phased arrays of microstrip antennas, and a switchable radar cross section reduction technique for microstrip antennas. Results are obtained from full-wave moment method solutions for single microstrip antennas and infinite arrays of microstrip antennas. A cavity model solution for a circular patch antenna on a biased ferrite substrate is also presented, to aid in understanding the operation of these antennas     

Wide-band slot antennas with CPW feed lines: hybrid and log-periodic designs

In microwave and millimeter wave applications, slot antennas fed by coplanar waveguide (CPW) lines are receiving increasing attention. These antennas have several useful properties, such as a wider impedance bandwidth compared to microstrip patch antennas, and easier integration of solid-state active devices. In this paper novel CPW-fed wideband slot antennas are presented. The design procedure of CPW-fed hybrid slot antennas (HSA) having impedance bandwidths (VSWR<2) up to 57% is described. Theoretical and measured results are shown. We also describe the design procedure of a CPW-fed log-periodic slot antenna (LPSA). The impedance matching and the radiation characteristics of these structures were studied using a method of moment technique. Simulated and measured results for different dielectrics are presented.     

A method for designing broad-band microstrip antennas inmultilayered planar structures

The narrow bandwidth of a microstrip antenna is one of the important features that restrict its wide usage. A simple and practical method for the design of broad-band microstrip antennas is presented in this paper. Utilizing this design technique, several two-layer microstrip antennas have been proposed. To confirm the applicability of the method for the designs of antennas at L-band, experiments have been carried out. The measured results show that the proposed antennas have a bandwidth of up to 25.7%. Also, the method proposed in this paper is applicable to the design of other types of multilayered planar antennas     

Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Spiral Antenna Using Integrated Balun With Application to Time-Domain Target Detection

The design of a wideband circularly polarized (CP) equiangular spiral antenna is described. Contrary to the conventional spiral antenna using the coaxial line or the vertically connected feeding structure, a tapered microstrip balun is fully integrated into one spiral arm of the proposed antenna and hence this construction can be realized completely planar. The measured results show that the return loss is better than 10 dB from 3.75 to 18.6 GHz, the axial ratio is below 3 dB from 3 to 14.5 GHz, the radiation is bidirectional with opposite polarization, and the antenna peak gain is 3.5 to 7 dBic. The time-domain characteristic of the transmitting/receiving system using the proposed ultrawideband (UWB) CP antennas is investigated by transient response. The pulse distortion is insignificant and is verified by the measured antenna performance with high signal fidelity ($geq 0.89$) and low variation of group delay ($leq 0.1~{rm ns}$ ). The transmitting/receiving antenna system using the proposed antennas is constructed to demonstrate the CP characterization and to detect the target position.