Liquid crystal based phased array antenna with improved beam scanning capability

被引:28
作者
Karabey, O. H. [1 ]
Mehmood, A. [1 ]
Ayluctarhan, M. [1 ]
Braun, H. [2 ,3 ]
Letz, M. [2 ]
Jakoby, R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Darmstadt, Inst Microwave Engn & Photon, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany
[2] Schott AG, D-55122 Mainz, Germany
[3] Grad Sch Mat Sci Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
关键词
Liquid crystals;
D O I
10.1049/el.2014.0269
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A phased array antenna is presented, including a 1-by-4 dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) array, liquid crystal (LC) based phase shifters, RF-feeding and biasing networks. The dielectric resonators are used as waveguide radiating elements. The RF signal coupled between the phase shifters and DRAs are guided and then radiated from the top face of the DRAs. This reduces the effects of the surface waves since the radiation is away from the ground plane. Hence, the gain losses at wide scan angles are reduced, enlarging the antenna's beam scan angle, compared to that of a conventional microstrip patch antenna array. The LC phase shifters are realised in inverted microstrip line topology, with a phase shifter figure-of-merit of 70 degrees/dB at 10 GHz. The far-field power patterns of the antenna were measured in an anechoic chamber for different beam directions. These results confirm that the gain losses are <1.5 for a beam scanning range of +/- 30 degrees for the broadside.
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页码:426 / 427
页数:2
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