High gain and low losses antenna array for High Power Microwave applications

Author

Chauloux, Antoine ; Colombel, Franck ; Himdi, Mohamed ; Lasserre, J.L. ; Bruguiere, P. ; Pouliguen, P. ; Potier, Patrick

Author_Institution

Inst. d´Electron. et Telecommun. de Rennes, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1705

Lastpage

1709

Abstract

In this paper a high gain antenna array designed for High Power Microwaves applications (HPM) is presented. The antenna array is composed of four sub-arrays of four rectangular patch elements. These one are air based in order to limit losses and enhance radiating efficiency. The power is transmitted to each sub array through slot which is machined in a waveguide fed by a monopole antenna. A full set of measurements has been performed. The measured gain reaches 19 dBi and the efficiency is better than 80 %.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; monopole antenna arrays; rectangular waveguides; slot antenna arrays; transmitting antennas; HPM application; antenna radiation efficiency; high power microwave application; monopole antenna; rectangular patch antenna array; slot antenna array; transmitting antenna; waveguide fed; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency measurement; Microwave antenna arrays; antenna array; high power; high-gain; low loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902118

Filename

6902118