A microstrip array fed by a non-homogeneous stripline feeding network

Author

Herscovici, Naftali I. ; Das, Nirod K. ; Klugman, Josh

Author_Institution

Cushcraft Corp., Manchester, NH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

123

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a new approach in the suppression of the parallel plate mode in striplines. A microstrip-to-stripline-to microstrip coupler was built and tested to illustrate the idea. Finally a sixteen-element microstrip array fed by this new type of feeding network was built and tested at C-band. The building of this array at C-band was a first step towards the application of this technology at higher frequencies, where the integration of the antenna with the rest of the system is required

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; losses; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip couplers; microstrip transitions; C-band operation; asymmetric coupler; insertion loss; microstrip-to-stripline-to microstrip coupler; nonhomogeneous stripline feeding network; parallel plate mode suppression; radiation patterns; return loss; sixteen-element microstrip array; Coupling circuits; Dielectric loss measurement; Distributed parameter circuits; Microstrip antenna arrays; Nonhomogeneous media; Plugs; Probes; Stripline; Testing; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves, 2001. The Fourth International Kharkov Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kharkov

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6473-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSMW.2001.946758

Filename

946758