• DocumentCode
    1463659
  • Title

    Active aperture-coupled leaky-wave antenna

  • Author

    Jin-Jei Wu ; Jou, Christina F.

  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    11/12/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2183
  • Lastpage
    2184
  • Abstract
    An active aperture-coupled leaky-wave antenna which is integrated with a varactor-tuned high electron mobility transistor voltage-controlled oscillator (HEMT VCO) is presented. To excite the first higher mode of the microstrip, the aperture-coupled structure is used and a sequence of covered wire is added at the centre of this antenna to suppress the dominant mode. The measured H-plane main beam can be continuously scanned 10° as the HEMT VCO frequency is varied from 9.05 to 9.5 GHz. This feeding structure is very suitable for active phase antenna array applications
  • Keywords
    HEMT circuits; active antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; leaky wave antennas; microstrip antennas; scanning antennas; voltage-controlled oscillators; 9.05 to 9.5 GHz; active aperture-coupled leaky-wave antenna; active phase antenna array; feed; microstrip; scanned H-plane main beam; varactor-tuned HEMT VCO;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19981539
  • Filename
    739572