Influence of surface-wave excitation on efficiency of space-wave launching in microstrip disc antennas

The cavity model with magnetic side walls and dyadic Green's functions was used to study microstrip disc antennas. Curves of efficiency of space-wave launching and directivity as functions of the ratio of the dielectric thickness to the disc radius d/a are shown for two dielectrics: ?r=2.55 and 9.60. The results are useful for the design of these antennas.     

A simple and accurate complex image interpretation of verticalantennas present in contiguous dielectric half-spaces

An efficient technique is developed to solve the important problem of vertical antennas located above and penetrating the interface between contiguous dielectric half-spaces. It begins by deriving the spectral expressions of the vector and scalar potential Green functions in terms of the TM wave spectral transmission coefficient. The complex image technique is used to derive simple, accurate, and rapidly convergent expressions of the full-wave spatial Green functions. The spatial Green functions are used in the moment method to model vertical thin-wire antennas residing above the penetrating the interface separating the contiguous dielectric half-spaces with and without loss     

Radiation patterns of metal and dielectric wall diagonal horn antennas

The radiation patterns and gain of dielectric wall diagonal horn antennas of various thicknesses (0.15cm and 0.32 cm) and dielectric constants (? = 2.54, 2.56 and 3.03) have been experimentally studied and compared with a metal diagonal horn antenna having the same aperture at 9.418 GHz. Radiation patterns of these dielectric horn antennas when used as square horns are also presented and compared with a similar metal horn. The use and applicability of dielectric horn antennas is discussed.     

Numerical modeling of ultrawide-band dielectric horn antennas using FDTD

A detailed characterization of the input impedance of ultrawide-band (UWB) dielectric horn antennas is presented using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. The FDTD model is first validated by computing the characteristic impedance of two conical plate transmission lines (including planar bow-tie antennas) and comparing the results to analytical solutions. The FDTD model is next used to calculate the surge impedance of dielectric horn antennas using the conical plates as launchers. Design curves of the surge impedance for different choices of geometries and dielectric loadings are provided. The modeled antennas are particularly attractive for applications such as UWB ground penetrating radars (GPR) applications.     

Mutual coupling between metal strip antennas on finite size,electrically thick dielectric substrates

An analysis of the mutual coupling between metal strip antennas which are contiguous with the ends of finite-size, electrically thick dielectric substrates is outlined. Such antennas have been proposed as useful monolithic microwave integrated circuit antennas for millimeter-wavelength applications. The analysis presented was verified experimentally, and the results are applied to three-element arrays of metal strip folded dipoles with coplanar strip feed lines. The effect of the electrically thick, finite-size dielectric substrates on the mutual coupling between elements of the arrays is described     

Yagi-Uda array for millimetre-wave imaging

An imaging array consisting of five Yagi-Uda antennas in a dielectric has been constructed for 50 GHz that has antenna patterns suitable for millimetre-wave applications. Crosstalk levels of less than -30 dB between adjacent antennas in an f/1.0 imaging array have been measured in 5 GHz model experiments.<>     

探地雷达天线近地效应研究

微带天线应用于探地雷达技术领域时,实验测得的各种电参数与自由空间相应的电参数总有一定的偏差,这种偏差称之为近地效应.文中对天线贴地后有效介电常数的计算公式进行了修正,并应用该修正式对探地雷达天线回波频率进行了模拟计算,将计算结果与实验结果进行了对比,研究表明,有效介电常数的变化是产生近地效应的一个重要原因.     

介质覆盖矩形微带天线的理论与实验

本文研究了介质覆盖矩形微带天线的特性，精确的谱域全波分析方法被扩展到这类天线的分析中，给出了理论计算公式，探讨了介质覆盖层和对矩形微带天线的驻波比的影响，实验结果证实了理论计算的正确性。     

The effect of a dielectric cover on the current distribution and input impedance of printed dipoles

The effect of the thickness and relative permittivily of a dielectric cover on a printed microstrip dipole has been analyzed. It is shown that the current distribution and the input impedance are, in general, very sensitive to variations of the cover parameters. For a dielectric plate with a constant thickness the dipole resonant length decreases substantially with an increase of the relative permittivity. Because of the limited bandwidth presented by single-element microstrip antennas the effects of the dielectric cover on the design of these antennas have to be carefully considered. For the calculation of the current distribution, the Hertz vector potential associated with the problem was determined for an element of current located in a stratified medium with four layers. Pocklington's integral equation was solved for the currents, using Galerkin's method with piecewise-sinusoidal expansion and weighting functions.     

Radiation from a homogeneous sphere mounted on a waveguide aperture

The results of an experimental and theoretical study of the effects of placing a dielectric sphere over the aperture of a circular waveguide are presented. A dielectric sphere excited by a Huygens' source is used us the theoretical model to interpret the experimental results. Calculations based on this model show good overall agreement with experimental patterns and directivity measurements. It is concluded that dielectric loaded antennas such as the dielectric sphere excited by a waveguide can produce directivities in excess of that obtained by a uniformly illuminated aperture of the same cross section, particularly for dielectric objects with dimensions of two wavelengths or less. Measurements of the coupling between these antennas show that they, in general, are not as closely coupled as plain apertures without dielectric object loading.     

An accurate moment method model for the tapered slot antenna

A moment-method model is presented for the radiation characteristics of the tapered slot antenna. It overcomes the shortcoming of an earlier theory. The method is rigorous for the air dielectric antennas. For dielectric-supported antennas, the method is approximate but accurate. The method is particularly accurate for antennas etched on substrates that are electrically thin or have a low dielectric constant, within the limits of (ε_r-1)d /λ₀⩽0.1. Numerical results are presented for the radiation pattern and compared with experimental results to validate the model     

Extended cavity model analysis of stacked microstrip ring antennas

Microstrip ring antennas deserve special attention because they can yield a larger bandwidth compared to other conventional patches and outstanding gain-bandwidth characteristics that renders them useful for applications that require reduced size and good radiation efficiency, like in the area of mobile communications. Stacked microstrip ring antennas for dual-frequency behavior and improved bandwidth are studied and analyzed. The cavity model for single microstrip antennas is extended with some modifications for the stacked geometry to account for the coupling between the upper and lower cavities, fringe fields, dispersion effects, and the effective loss tangent of the dielectric material. Green's functions are used to allow for modal analysis and closed-form solutions. The results for the radiation patterns and input impedance predicted through this simple model are compared with experimental data     

Microstrip disk antennas, Part II: The problem of surface wave radiation by dielectric truncation

The far zone fields radiated from a microstrip disk antenna with a truncated dielectric layer were obtained using the cavity model with magnetic side walls, the dyadic Green's functions are stratified media, and the integral representation analysis of the fields in the complex plane. It is shown that the truncation of the dielectric is responsible for the ondulations observed in the radiation patterns of these antennas and that they result from the interference of the space wave fields with those radiated as a consequence of the incidence of the surface wave into the truncation region. It is suggested that this interference problem may be alleviated by truncating the dielectric as far as possible from the antenna elements and by using lower values of dielectric thickness to disk radius ratiosd/a, and of dielectric relative permittivitiesepsilon_{r}.     

基于并矢格林函数分析环绕微带共形天线

本文导出了涂覆无耗介质层的无限长金属圆柱结构的并矢格林函数以及与这种结构共形的微带天线辐射场的一般表达式,并利用表面电流模型法研究了介电常数、介质层厚度和金属圆柱体半径对环绕微带共形天线方向图的影响。     

Broad-band elliptical beamshape horns with low cross polarization

Horn antennas with an elliptical beam and low cross polarization are discussed. A new class of elliptical-beamshape horns has been investigated. The horns are based on the dielectric core approach, using a dielectric core inside a smooth-walled horn. Horns with rectangular as well as elliptical cross sections have been studied. Experiments show that they have considerably larger cross-polar bandwidth than that obtained from corrugated horns with an elliptical beam. They are also potentially much cheaper to manufacture     

Millimeter-wave and terahertz integrated circuit antennas

A comprehensive review of integrated circuit antennas suitable for millimeter and terahertz applications is presented. A great deal of research was done on integrated circuit antennas in the last decade, and many of the problems associated with electrically thick dielectric substrates, such as substrate modes and poor radiation patterns, have been understood and solved. Several antennas, such as the integrated horn antenna, the dielectric-filled parabola, the Fresnel plate antenna, the dual-slot antenna, and the log-periodic and spiral antennas on extended hemispherical lenses, which have resulted in excellent performance at millimeter-wave frequencies, are covered in detail. A review of the efficiency definitions used with planar antennas is included     

Separation of Horizontal and Vertical Dependencies in a Surface/Volume Integral Equation Approach to Model Quasi 3-D Structures in Multilayered Media

A new and efficient integral equation approach is presented to model heterogeneous dielectric volumes in a multilayered environment. The dielectric volumes can be vertically large, they can cross dielectric interfaces and they should be "quasi 3-D," which means that the contour faces should be placed either horizontally or vertically in the multilayered environment. In this way, a perpendicular prismatic mesh can be fitted on the volumes and the 3-D displacement currents can be expanded in generalized rooftop functions with separated horizontal x, y- and vertical z-dependencies. This makes it possible to evaluate all z, z' reaction integrals fully analytically in the spectral domain and ensures an efficient implementation. The formulation of the source-field relations is adapted to the quasi 3-D geometries as a hybrid dyadic-mixed potential form. Additionally, the electromagnetic coupling between dielectric volumes and metal sheets is included using a coupled volume/surface formulation. This turns the implementation into a complete full wave solver for planar antennas containing both finite and infinite dielectric regions. In order to illustrate and validate the presented approach, two patch antennas with a local volumetric inhomogeneity under the patch are numerically analyzed in a multilayered environment. Eventually, a matrix fill time comparison is used to demonstrate the improvement in computation efficiency     

Planar antennas on a dielectric surface

A theory has been developed for planar metal antennas on a dielectric surface and the main predictions have been verified experimentally. Current dipole antennas have radiation diagrams and impedances favourable for microwave to far-infra-red integrated circuits.     

Single- and dual-polarized millimeter-wave slot-ring antennas

Single- and dual-polarized dielectric lens-supported slot-ring antennas have been developed for operation at millimeter-wave frequencies. The antennas are fed with a coplanar waveguide (CPW) to be compatible with uniplanar mixers and low-noise amplifiers, and the feedline is shown to have a minimal effect on the antenna performance. The measured antenna patterns agree well with theoretical results and have symmetric main beams, low sidelobe levels (<-15 dB), low cross polarization (<-20 dB), and 27 dB directivity. A 2×2 array of single-polarized slot-ring antennas for monopulse applications demonstrates excellent patterns at 94 GHz with -3 dB crossover power levels in both elevation and azimuth scans. The dual-polarized slot ring antenna patterns are nearly identical to those of the single-polarized antenna, and two-port isolation is as low as -25 dB. The dielectric lens-supported slot-ring antenna is an excellent candidate for compact, low-cost millimeter-wave systems with fixed or variable polarization capabilities     

Dielectric image line groove antennas for millimeter waves, Part II: Experimental verification

In the first part of this paper the theory of radiation from discontinuities in the ground plane of a dielectric image line has been described. In this second part experimental verifications of the radiation theory as well as millimeter-wave antennas realized on the basis of the theory are described. In the antennas slots and holes in the ground plane of the dielectric image line are used as discontinuities. Experimental results for the radiation characteristics are discussed.