Ultra wideband transparent RF aperture for electro-optical integration

Author

Nahar, N.K. ; Tzanidis, I.I. ; Sertel, K. ; Volakis, J.L.

Author_Institution

ElectroScience Lab., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

RF sensors can provide a suitable foundation in developing combined RF/optical imaging apertures. The paper describes an ultra wideband RF aperture as an enabler in a combined conformal Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) aperture. The proposed aperture is intended for RF to Mid-IR operation. The RFEO aperture is based on a novel, planar, Interweaved SPiral Array (ISPA). The paper presents a 19:1 bandwidth aperture printed using optically transparent conductor (OTC) on a glass superstrate placed conformally on a ground plane. The OTC enables vertical integration of the EO and RF (with the RF aperture above the EO layer). Multiple RF aperture layers can be used to achieve 1-180 GHZ operation.

Keywords

aperture antennas; electro-optical devices; microstrip antenna arrays; optical arrays; planar antenna arrays; sensor arrays; ultra wideband antennas; RF sensors; electrooptical aperture array; frequency 1 GHz to 180 GHz; interweaved SPiral array; optical imaging apertures; optically transparent conductor; planar array; printed array; ultra wideband transparent RF aperture array; Apertures; Bandwidth; Gain; Glass; Optical sensors; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561067

Filename

5561067