DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A SECTORAL BEAM SLOTTED ANTENNA IN SIW TECHNOLOGY FOR SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS AT MILLIMETER WAVES

In this paper, we present the design and fabrication of a sectoral beam slotted antenna in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology able to achieve a high roll-off sectoral pattern in the horizontal plane and a very narrow beam in the vertical plane, as required in surveillance applications i...

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Published in:Electromagnetic waves (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2020-01, Vol.167, p.55-65
Main Authors: Pavone, Santi C, Albani, Matteo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas (Electronics)
Design
Dielectric materials
Numerical analysis
Surveillance
Surveillance equipment
Waveguides
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Summary:In this paper, we present the design and fabrication of a sectoral beam slotted antenna in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology able to achieve a high roll-off sectoral pattern in the horizontal plane and a very narrow beam in the vertical plane, as required in surveillance applications in the band 76-77 GHz. The proposed antenna is designed and fabricated in multi-layer PCB technology, which allows to integrate both the corporate feeding network and the radiating aperture in the same planar and lightweight device. To achieve a remarkable roll-off (> 5.5dB/deg) and a reduced ripple (< 1.5 dB), the antenna has been designed by synthesizing a sine-shaped (uniform) aperture distribution along x-direction (y-direction). The synthesis and optimization of so tapered aperture distributions is not easy to be found in the literature, especially for planar devices. A prototype of such an antenna has been fabricated with a horizontal half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of 30[degrees], by embedding both the feeding network and the radiating aperture in three stacked dielectric substrates. Measurements of the prototype show a fair agreement with numerical simulations.
ISSN:1559-8985
1070-4698
1559-8985
DOI:10.2528/pier20012102