• DocumentCode
    2327662
  • Title

    Novel mechanism to taper the illumination of second higher-order mode microstrip leaky-wave antennas

  • Author

    Gómez-Tornero, José L. ; Quesada-Pereira, Fernando ; Pascual-García, Juan ; Canete-Rebenaque, David ; Álvarez-Melcón, Alejandro

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. of Cartagena, Cartagena
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    5805
  • Lastpage
    5808
  • Abstract
    In this contribution, it is proposed a novel mechanism to control the leakage rate of the second higher-order mode of the microstrip line. Using this original technique, one can synthesize a given illumination to reduce the sidelobes level of the MLWA. Leaky-mode results are presented to illustrate the theory, and a cosine tapered MLWA is designed to check the ability to reduce the sidelobes level below -20dB.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; leaky wave antennas; lighting; microstrip antennas; illumination; microstrip leaky-wave antennas; microstrip line; second higher-order mode; sidelobes level; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Cutoff frequency; Dielectrics; Leaky wave antennas; Lighting; Microstrip antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Waveguide components; Waveguide theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0877-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0878-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2007.4396871
  • Filename
    4396871