Design of an H-plane horn array antenna using the complete 1D/3D-EBG waveguide in the THz band

Author

Sanchez-Escuderos, Daniel ; Ferrando-Bataller, Miguel ; Berenguer, Antonio ; Baquero-Escudero, Mariano

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomun. y Aplic. Multimedia (ITEAM), Univ. Politec. de Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2343

Lastpage

2347

Abstract

This paper presents an array of H-plane horn antennas with a high radiation efficiency in the THz band. The reduction of losses is achieved by using the complete 1D/3D-EBG (electromagnetic bandgap) waveguide. This waveguide confines the energy by placing a 1D-EBG multilayer structure on laterals and a 3D-EBG structure (wood-pile) on the upper and lower regions. The complete EBG waveguide can be bent and widened to form a horn antenna with a low loss of energy. Results for the complete EBG waveguide, an H-plane power divider, an H-plane horn antenna and the complete array are shown in this paper.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; photonic band gap; waveguide antenna arrays; H-plane horn array antenna design; H-plane power divider; THz band; complete 1D-3D-EBG waveguide; electromagnetic bandgap waveguide; high radiation efficiency; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Horn antennas; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Power dividers; Array antennas; EBG structures; THz antennas; THz devices; low-loss waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206078

Filename

6206078