• DocumentCode
    2690731
  • Title

    Electronically scanned arrays of dual-polarized, doubly-mirrored balanced antipodal Vivaldi antennas (DmBAVA) based on modular elements

  • Author

    Elsallal, M.W. ; Schaubert, D.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    9-14 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    887
  • Lastpage
    890
  • Abstract
    This work is a continuation to parameter studies of balanced antipodal Vivaldi antenna (BAVA) to achieve broadband, electronically scanned arrays (ESA). Numerical simulations to evaluate the transformation of single polarized (SP) doubly-mirrored balanced antipodal Vivaldi antenna (DmBAVA) into a dual-polarized (DP) array are presented. Scan performance shows the widest bandwidth known for DP-DmBAVA antennas while maintaining SP-DmBAVA´s superior features; reduced-height (~lambdaHighest-Frequency/2), more than octave bandwidth, wide scan-angle and modular elements
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; broadband antennas; broadband arrays; doubly-mirrored balanced antipodal Vivaldi antennas; dual-polarized Vivaldi antennas; electronically scanned arrays; modular elements; octave bandwidth; wide scan-angle; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Bandwidth; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Gratings; Sensor arrays; Shape control; Vivaldi antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2006.1710671
  • Filename
    1710671