Title :
Experimental study of an alternating-phase fed single-layer slotted waveguide array with linear slot arrangement
Author :
Kimura, Yuichi ; Sayama, Kenta ; Haneishi, Misao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Syst., Saitama Univ., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents design of the novel alternating-phase fed array with linearly slot arrangement for grating lobe suppression. Slots at the center of the broad wall are excited by the inductive wall and the reflection is suppressed by the capacitive wall at each slot. Then, the prototype array with 16 slots on each waveguide is tested at 25 GHz. Good radiation pattern with broadside radiation of the slot array is measured at the design frequency. Validity of the slot array design is confirmed.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; linear antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; alternating-phase fed array design; broadside radiation; capacitive wall; frequency 25 GHz; grating lobe suppression; inductive wall; linear slot arrangement; radiation pattern; reflection supression; single-layer slotted waveguide array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Feeds; Frequency measurement; Hollow waveguides; Phased arrays; Planar waveguides; Reflection; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5172190