Title :
Coaxial Continuous Transverse Stub (CTS) array
Author :
Zhijun Zhang ; Iskander, M. ; Zhengqing Yun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
A new coaxial Continuous Transverse Stub (CTS) array is proposed in this paper. It is an omni-directional low cost antenna array which provides good impedance matching characteristics and good tolerance to manufacturing errors. It can be simply fed by a coaxial connector and is particularly suitable for millimeter wave personal communication systems (PCS). It is shown that this type of radiating element provides high aperture efficiency, and for the simulated design of single- and multiple-element arrays, S/sub 11/ was below -10 dB across a 6 GHz frequency span at the Ka band. The geometry of the proposed antenna is described and its design consideration discussed.
Keywords :
coaxial cables; impedance matching; millimetre wave antenna arrays; EHF; Ka band; MM-wave personal communication systems; coaxial connector; coaxial continuous transverse stub array; high aperture efficiency; impedance matching characteristics; low cost antenna array; manufacturing errors tolerance; omni-directional antenna array; radiating element; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Coaxial components; Connectors; Costs; Frequency; Impedance matching; Manufacturing; Millimeter wave communication; Personal communication networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6369-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2000.873830
