Millimeter-wave twin tapered-slot antenna

A millimeter-wave twin tapered-slot antenna on standard substrate is presented. The twin antenna is constructed by single tapered slot antennas (TSA), printed on opposite sides of a low dielectric constant (/spl epsiv//sub r/=2.2) substrate. The structure is fed by a rectangular waveguide followed by a broadband finline-to-slotline power splitter. The radiation pattern of the single TSAs is improved by corrugating the taper contour by a series of short-circuited stubs. With this method, antennas three times thicker compared with conventional TSA designs can be realized with an almost unchanged performance. Experimental radiation patterns of a 65-GHz twin TSA in comparison to both simulation results and corresponding single TSA measurements are presented. A measured twin antenna gain of 17.5 dB indicates efficient radiation.     

Radiation characteristics of multilayer periodic dielectric structures

Radiation characteristics of multilayer periodic dielectric structures are investigated by the method which combines the building block approach of multimode network theory with the rigorous mode matching procedure. The multilayer periodic structure is composed of uniform dielectric layers and single periodic layers. Two examples are given in this paper; first, radiation property of the double dielectric grating antenna is analyzed. The results indicate that the double dielectric grating antenna has relatively smaller dimensions than that of the single one. It is undoubtly of great importance in the case that the limitation of the weight and the volume of the system is strictly required. Secondly, some curved profile grating antennas are analyzed by combining the present method with the staircase approximation. In such a way, the effects of groove profile on the performance of the grating antennas are systemetically studied and some useful guidelines for the design of the dielectric grating antennas are thereby suggested.     

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     

Mode Matching Analysis for a New Millimeter Wave Omni-Directional Antenna Consisting of Circular Rod Corrugations Gloved with a Dielectric Shell

A new millimeter-wave omnidirectional antenna consisting of circular rod corrugations gloved with a dielectric shell is investigated. As an eigenvalue problem, the antenna is analyzed with the rigorous mode matching method. The radiation characteristics of the antenna are calculated in the Ka-band frequency range. A comparison of the leaky characteristics is made between the antennas with and without dielectric shell. It is found that the circular dielectric shell layer greatly affects the leaky characteristics of the antenna and the leakage constant increases considerably. In such a way, the length of the antenna can be reduced tremendously with higher radiation efficiency. This fact indicates that the proposed leaky wave antenna is of essentially practical significance for the case where the limitation in size and weight of system is strictly required. The effectiveness and reliability of the present analysis are verified by the calculated and experimental results given in the literature.     

Micromachined microstrip patch antenna with controlled mutualcoupling and surface waves

Silicon micromachining has been used to demonstrate the possibility of building high performance microwave and millimeter-wave antennas. To suppress higher order substrate modes and increase the bandwidth of a patch antenna, silicon substrate has been used and material has been selectively removed under the patch area. In addition, the effect of etched grooves around a patch element has been studied for performance improvement, it has been shown that micromachined substrate structure can effectively suppress unwanted surface wave modes resulting in improved radiation efficiency. Moreover, effective dielectric constant curves for the shielded micromachined substrates are provided for accurate design of patch antennas. We have demonstrated that mutual coupling between the radiating patch elements due to surface waves can be controlled using various micromachined substrate configurations     

Perturbation Analysis of Dielectric Grating Antenna with LHM Substrate

A dielectric grating leaky wave antenna with a substrate consisted of left handed material (LHM) is presented in this paper, the case where the n?=??1 space harmonic of TM mode radiating into the space is carefully investigated through the improved perturbation analysis, which tremendously simplifies the analysis procedure with good calculation accuracy and brings considerable physical insight into the overall behavior of the dielectric grating antenna. It has been found that the new leaky wave antenna is of larger leakage constant than that of the traditional antenna with substrate of the right handed material (RHM). As a result the dimension of the antenna could be largely reduced, which is of practical significance for some applications. Extensive numerical results of the radiation characteristics are given to establish useful guidelines for the design of the new grating antenna.     

Radiation characteristics of uniform and nonuniform dielectricleaky-wave antennas

An approach based on a waveguide model for analyzing the uniform and nonuniform dielectric leaky-wave structures is proposed for which the Galerkin solution method is applied. In the first part of the paper the far-field radiation of the uniform antenna is determined theoretically and experimentally in the Ku band and also the dependence of beamwidth and sidelobe level as function of strip width and frequency is demonstrated. In addition, an analysis of the antenna with a tapered-strip distribution-is presented. The second part describes a novel tapering procedure, performed by changing the width of the uniform antenna, for obtaining the radiation pattern with lower sidelobe levels. Sinusoidally and exponentially shaped dielectric leaky-wave structures are analyzed as nonuniform antennas. Finally, the radiation and scanning characteristics of these antennas are theoretically presented     

Brewster Angle Effect on Performances of a New Millimeter Wave Omni-Directional Antenna Gloved with a Dielectric Shell

A new millimeter-wave omni-directional antenna consisting of circular rod corrugations gloved with a dielectric shell operating in the TM₀₁ mode is investigated. As an eigenvalue problem, the antenna is analyzed with the rigorous mode matching method. The radiation characteristics of the antenna are calculated for different parameters with a particular attention directed to the Brewster angle effect on the performances of the antenna. A comparison of the radiation characteristics is made between the antennas with and without dielectric shell. It is found that the introduction of the dielectric shell will change the location where the leakage constant α reduced to zero. The effectiveness and reliability of the present analysis are verified by the calculated results given in the literature. Therefore, some useful guidelines for the design of the antenna are thereby suggested.     

Diverging/focusing of electromagnetic waves by utilizing the curvedleakywave structure: application to broad-beam antenna for radiatingwithin specified wide-angle

A new “broad-beam antenna” for radiating electromagnetic energy in a specified wide angular region is proposed, utilizing the “curved leakywave structure”. This structure consists of the leakywave structure curved physically and longitudinally into the form of an equi-angular spiral. The expression of the radiation field from this structure is given, the effects of various geometrical parameters on the radiation properties is discussed numerically for the design of the broad-beam antennas, and a simple experiment is also performed to verify the beam broadening by the proposed method. The concept in this paper may be easily applied to any leakywave structure such as a periodic dielectric antenna and a leaky nonradiative dielectric (NRD)-guide antenna for millimeter-wave application     

Characteristics of space and surface waves in a multilayeredstructure [microstrip antennas]

Characteristics of space- and surface-wave fields produced by an electromagnetic source in a multilayered structure are explored. Using the integral transformation technique it is shown that the space and surface-wave modes are orthogonal along the longitudinal direction with respect to an appropriate weighting function. It is demonstrated that these properties, together with reciprocity, can be utilized to determine the amplitudes of various surface-wave modes produced by an arbitrarily shaped source. Numerical results for the space- and surface-wave power for a circular patch antenna are presented. The study may find application for millimeter-wave printed antennas where the surface waves will play an important role in determining the radiation and impedance characteristics     

An Improved Perturbation Analysis of a New Omnidirectional Circular Rod Antenna with Double Dielectric Gratings for Millimeterwave Application

The leakage characteristics of a new millimeter-wave omnidirectional circular rod antenna with double dielectric gratings are analyzed by an improved perturbation method. The electromagnetic fields are described in terms of a radial transmission-line network, which brings considerable physical insight into the overall behaviour of the leaky wave antenna. The analysis yields expression for the leakage constant in a closed form so that the design procedure of the antenna becomes very convenient. It is found that under the condition of the same radiation intensity, the double dielectric-grating antenna has relatively smaller dimension than that of the single one. The results obtained by the present analysis are compared with the exact solution based on the mode matching method; it is found that the improved perturbation analysis yields as accurate results as the rigorous method with extreme simplicity of the analysis and calculations.     

一种基于左手介质的新型介质栅漏波天线的理论分析

提出了一种基于左手介质的新型介质栅漏波天线,并采用多模网络与严格模匹配相结合的方法,对该左手介质栅天线的辐射特性进行了仔细严格的分析.文中给出了漏波系数随天线结构参数变化的关系以显示该左手介质天线特有的性质.数值结果表明这种新型漏波天线比传统介质栅天线具有更强的辐射能力.讨论了产生这种现象的原因.     

用时域有限差分法对缝隙渐变天线的瞬态电磁场分析

本文用时域有限差分（ＦＤＴＤ）法分析缝隙渐变天线，分析中对天线缝隙边缘场和薄天线衬底采取了特殊的处理方法，求天线的远区辐射场采用了ＦＤＴＤ中近场到远场的变换方法。本文计算出的缝隙渐变天线的辐射方向图和远区辐射场与实验结果比较一致。本文给出了超短电磁脉冲在天线上传播和辐射过程的瞬态直观图象，同时还研究了这种天线衬底厚度、几何尺寸及介电常数对其辐射特性及频带的影响。     

Constant flux illumination of square cells for millimeter-wavewireless communications

The use of highly shaped-beam base-station antennas in millimeter-wave wireless communication systems may contribute to significantly enhance system performance. Previously proposed axial symmetric dielectric lenses provide a most useful constant-flux circular footprint, but they may fail to cover the regions near the vertices of square or rectangular cells, unless excessive wall illumination is allowed. This paper presents a simplified procedure to design shaped three-dimensional dielectric lenses that produce constant-flux illumination with square or rectangular footprints, suitable for indoor cells. The procedure is based on circular symmetric dielectric-lens design formulation, yet very sharp rectangular-cell boundary is obtained. Calculated and measured antenna performance is presented, not only in terms of radiation pattern, but also in terms of coverage and time-dispersion characteristic. The procedure is demonstrated for a square-cell lens and is extended for the rectangular-cell case     

任意曲线形状介质栅漏波天线辐射特性的改进微扰法分析

本文是对作者前一工作(1990)的补充和发展,文中用改进的微扰法分析了任意曲线形状介质栅漏波天线的辐射特性。所得数据和用场匹配方法得到的精确值进行了比较。结果表明,本文方法在保持相同精度的情况下,极大地简化了求解过程;并据此系统地研究了周期槽形状对介质栅漏波天线辐射特性的影响。文中给出的曲线可供设计介质栅天线时参考。     

Two-Layer Dielectric Rod Antenna

A dielectric rod antenna (DRA) design that consists of two concentric dielectric cylinders and achieves more than 4:1 bandwidth is described. The new DRA is composed of a launcher section, followed by a waveguide section and ends in a radiation section. The utilization of two-layer structure avoids the excitation of high-order modes, thus extending the operational bandwidth. Properly chosen radii and dielectric constants of each layer in conjunction with a properly tapered radiation tip ensure frequency-insensitive radiation properties (gain and pattern) and stable phase center. The design example of a two-layer dual-polarization DRA presented in this paper operates from 2 to 8 GHz and produces symmetric radiation patterns with half-power beamwidth greater than 55deg. The current design is one of the most ideal antennas to be used as a near-field probe or reflector feed.     

Efficiency and gain of slot antennas and arrays on thick dielectric substrates for millimeter-wave applications: a unified approach

A unified approach for representing the surface-wave fields and for computing the corresponding radiation efficiencies from arbitrarily shaped slot-type antennas on thick dielectric substrates at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies is presented. In this approach, two different representations of the surface-wave fields, i.e., the one based on the idea that the surface-wave power can be associated with a substrate radiation pattern and the other based on the cylindrical wave expansion, are linked together in a unified way. The developed theory is then applied for investigating the surface wave characteristics of printed twin offset slots and uniform linear slot arrays. Based on the developed theory, new insight into the mechanism with which surface-wave power is coupled by the slot pair is presented. Subsequently, the optimum number of elements and corresponding interelement spacing for linear, uniformly excited, slot dipole arrays is explored for achieving maximum radiation efficiency and gain. In order to provide guidance on practical mm-wave integrated slot antenna array design, supportive numerical results are presented for Substrates of dielectric constant /spl epsi//sub r/ = 4.0 and /spl epsi//sub r/ = 12.0.     

Radiation properties of a planar dielectric waveguide loaded withconducting-strip diffraction grating

A dielectric planar waveguide periodically loaded with conducting strips is considered as a possible antenna for millimeter-wave range. We show that separating the grating from the waveguide leads to the reduction of radiative attenuation of the waveguided radiation and substantial narrowing of the angular spread of the diffracted radiation     

The Millimeter Wave Radiation of a Dielectric Leaky-Wave Antenna Coupled with a Diffraction Grating for the Broadside Radiation: Narrow-Face Interaction

A dielectric leaky-wave antenna (DLWA) coupled with a metallic diffraction grating is experimentally investigated in millimeter-waves. The interaction between dielectric line and grating is from the narrow-face of dielectric and it is contactless. Measured patterns are compared with simulated ones. The antenna parameters (HPBW, side lobe levels, etc.) are also obtained. The most significant achievement of this antenna is to obtain broadside radiation without any suppression, which occurs due to the periodicity of grating. This situation is not available for the most of the periodic leaky-wave antennas. This antenna type can be used as a broadside radiator by this property as well as a frequency scanning purposes.     

A New Dielectric Grating Antenna with Large Leakage Constant for Millimeter-Wave Applications

The leakage properties of a new dielectric grating leaky wave antenna are carefully examined by an approach of combining the multimode network theory with the mode-matching method. A systematic comparison is given for the leaky characteristics of the n?=??1 space harmonic of TM mode polarization between the present antenna and the traditional one. It has been found that the former is not only of lower conductor loss, but also of larger leakage constant than the latter. As a result, the dimension of the antenna could be largely reduced, which is of practical significance for some applications. Extensive numerical results of the radiation characteristics are given to establish useful guidelines for the design of the new grating antenna. Furthermore, special features such as cancellation or resonance effects are high-lighted and discussed. Physical insights for the mathematical findings are also presented.