Frequency-scanning antenna using the crosstie-overlay slow-wave structures as transmission lines

Author

Lin, Yu-De ; Itoh, Tatsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

39

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

377

Lastpage

380

Abstract

Crosstie-overlay slow-wave transmission lines are used in a traveling-wave antenna array to reduce the circuit size. Series connection of the antenna radiation elements and transmission lines makes the antenna integratable. These two properties make the antenna suitable for microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) elements. The measured radiation pattern is shown to agree with the calculated pattern. The antenna´s frequency-scanning feature is demonstrated

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna travelling wave arrays; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; scanning antennas; MMIC; crosstie-overlay slow-wave structures; frequency scanning antenna; microstrip antenna; microwave monolithic integrated circuit; radiation pattern; transmission lines; traveling-wave antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency; Integrated circuit measurements; MMICs; Microwave antennas; Monolithic integrated circuits; Transmission line antennas; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.76337

Filename

76337