Title :
Beam steering performance of a C- and X-Band compact spirograph PMA (SPMA) array
Author :
Rayno, Jennifer Taylor ; Sharma, Satish K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
The sixteen-pointed compact spirograph planar monopole antenna (SPMA) is used as the radiating element to form a 1×4 beam steering array antenna which covers C- and X-Band. The array is impedance matched from 3.85-12.64 GHz (107% fractional bandwidth), the interelement spacing is 0.7λ0 at 12 GHz, and the beam scan range is θ= ±90° at 4 GHz to θ= ±40° at 12 GHz.
Keywords :
impedance matching; microwave antenna arrays; monopole antenna arrays; C-band compact spirograph PMA; SPMA array; X-band compact spirograph PMA; beam steering array antenna; beam steering performance; fractional bandwidth; frequency 3.85 GHz to 12 GHz; frequency 4 GHz to 12 GHz; interelement spacing; radiating element; sixteen-pointed compact planar monopole antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Bandwidth; Beam steering; Gain; Ultra wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348576
