meander line antenna element;
mutual coupling;
active phased array;
D O I:
10.1002/mop.22291
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:
Mutual coupling study has been carried out on microstrip Meander line antenna elements for use in active-phased array radars. The basic Meander line antenna element has been designed to obtain linear horizontal polarization with a wide bandwidth and wide beamwidth in S-band frequency. The elements are fabricated oil a low cost glass epoxy (FR4) substrate with array interelement spacing of approximately half wavelength. The mutual coupling study has been carried out in a linear and planar array environment and the results show no performance degradation of the array element impedance and patterns due to mutual coupling. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals. Inc.