Title :
Design of a quasi-endfire phased array
Author :
Chunrong Zheng ; Shaoqiu Xiao ; Bingzhong Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A new method of designing a quasi-endfire phased array is presented in this paper. To improve antenna gain and realize quasi-endfire scanning, the five elements array of microstrip Yagi antenna located by steps distribution was made. The simulated results show that the array can realize quasi-endfire scanning from 60 ° to 80 ° off broadside direction in the H-plane with a high gain of 12dBi exhibiting superior low elevation angles scanning performance, which is of great importance in some applications such as satellite low-elevation tracking.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; H-plane; antenna gain; broadside direction; microstrip Yagi antenna; quasi-endfire phased array; quasi-endfire scanning; satellite low-elevation tracking; Arrays; Gain; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Quasi-endfire; high gain; low-elevation scanning; phased array; steps distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
DOI :
10.1109/ISANP.2014.7026683
