Goubau-Line Leaky-Wave Antenna for Wide-Angle Beam Scanning From Backfire to Endfire

被引:64
作者
Rudramuni, Karthi K. [1 ,2 ]
Kandasamy, Krishnamoorthy [1 ]
Zhang, Qingfeng [2 ]
Tang, Xiao-Lan [2 ]
Kandwal, Abhishek [2 ]
Rajanna, Puneeth Kumar Tharehalli [1 ]
Liu, Haiwen [3 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Technol Karnataka, Dept Elect & Commun, Suarthkal 575025, India
[2] Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
[3] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Elect & Informat Engn, Xian 710049, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
来源
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2018年 / 17卷 / 08期
关键词
Efficiency; Goubau line; leaky-wave antenna (LWA); scanning; SPOOF SURFACE-PLASMON; TRANSMISSION-LINE; POLARITON; GUIDE;
D O I
10.1109/LAWP.2018.2855702
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 Goubau-line leaky-wave antenna (LWA) with a large scanning angle is presented in this letter. In contrast to the conventional Goubau-line leaky wave with a small scanning angle range, this letter employed a periodically bending Goubau line, which not only brings in a periodic perturbation for leaky-wave radiation, but also enhances the scanning range due to the increased delay for each line element. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed LWA provides 90% radiation efficiency and 7-10 dBi radiation gain from backfire to endfire through broadside as frequency changes. The proposed antenna features good radiation performance and has a compact and low-profile configuration.
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页码:1571 / 1574
页数:4
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