Broadband High-Gain SIW Cavity-Backed Circular-Polarized Array Antenna

被引:108
作者
Guan, Dong-Fang [1 ,2 ]
Ding, Can [3 ]
Qian, Zu-Ping [1 ]
Zhang, Ying-Song [1 ,2 ]
Guo, Y. Jay [3 ]
Gong, Ke [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] PLA Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Commun Engn, Nanjing 210007, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Southeast Univ, State Key Lab Millimeter Waves, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Technol Sydney, Global Big Data Technol Ctr, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
[4] Xinyang Normal Univ, Coll Phys & Elect Engn, Xinyang 464000, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Antenna array; circular polarization; high gain; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW); CORPORATE-FEED;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2016.2521904
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 circularly polarized (CP) 4 x 4 array antenna based on substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is presented. Circular polarization is achieved by applying the sequential rotation technique (SRT) with a well-designed sequential feed network and linear-polarized array elements. The proposed 4 x 4 array has a wide axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 14% from 18.3 to 21.1 GHz with gain >13 dBic. Then, the array is expanded to achieve higher gains. A 16 x 16-element array is designed, fabricated, and tested. Test results show that the 16 x 16 array has an AR bandwidth of 13.8% from 18.5 to 21.25 GHz and a peak gain of 25.9 dBic at 20.5 GHz.
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页码:1493 / 1497
页数:6
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