Wideband Planar Array With Broad Beamwidth and Low Cross Polarization

A design for wideband planar arrays with broad beamwidth and low cross polarization is described. The single element of the array is composed of a coaxial-cable-fed slot antenna, a shorting pin, and a planar reflector. For the single antenna, the effects of the key parameters on H-plane beamwidth an...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2015-09, Vol.63 (9), p.4161-4165
Main Authors: Row, Jeen-Sheen, Chen, Yan Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
array
Arrays
broad beamwidth
Frequency measurement
Loss measurement
low cross polarization
Microstrip antennas
Propagation losses
Slot antennas
wideband
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Summary:A design for wideband planar arrays with broad beamwidth and low cross polarization is described. The single element of the array is composed of a coaxial-cable-fed slot antenna, a shorting pin, and a planar reflector. For the single antenna, the effects of the key parameters on H-plane beamwidth and cross polarization are, respectively, studied. An optimum design is given, and both of its measured and simulated results prove that the single antenna has the characteristics of wide beamwidth and low cross polarization within an operating bandwidth of about 50%. Based on the optimum design, a 1 × 4 linear array is developed and constructed. Experimental results demonstrate that the array operating in the range from 1.7 to 2.7 GHz has a return loss of less than 13 dB, a cross polarization level (XPL) of smaller than -20 dB, and a half-power beamwidth of 100°±10° in the H-plane.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2015.2443185