Radiation characteristics of NRD compatible pyramidal horn antenna for multiple access LAN applications at 60 GHz

Author

Kuroki, Futoshi ; Takada, Atsutoshi ; Eguchi, Masanori ; Yoneyama, Tsukasa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kure Nat. Coll. of Technol., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1354

Abstract

A technique to control the radiation pattern of an NRD guide compatible pyramidal horn antenna, which consists of a tapered dielectric rod inserted into the horn, has been developed for multiple access LAN applications at 60 GHz. It has been found that the phase distribution on the aperture of the horn is influenced by the dielectric rod, and, thus, the radiation pattern can be changed by shifting the length of the dielectric rod inserted into the horn. By using such a simple method, the half-power beam-width can be controlled from 11° to 40°

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric-loaded antennas; horn antennas; millimetre wave antennas; multi-access systems; nonradiative dielectric waveguides; wireless LAN; 60 GHz; NRD guide compatible pyramidal horn antenna; base stations; dielectric rod length; half-power beam-width control; horn aperture phase distribution; multiple access wireless LAN; radiation pattern control; tapered dielectric rod; terminal stations; Antenna radiation patterns; Aperture antennas; Bit rate; Communication system control; Dielectric losses; Horn antennas; Local area networks; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7138-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2001.985387

Filename

985387