Quadruple bandwidth true time delay printed microwave lens beam former for ultra wideband multifunctional phased array applications

Author

Dong, Junwei ; Zaghloul, Amir I. ; Reddy, C.J.

Author_Institution

Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A 9 X 13 printed microwave lens beam former was investigated numerically using MoM, and good performance was predicted across the quadruple band 6 GHz - 25 GHz. TTD behavior across entire band was achieved by array factor comparisons, with good beam quality demonstrations. Future work on this lens will involve the power efficiency study and prototype measurement validations.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; beam steering; method of moments; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; array factor comparisons; beam forming network; beam quality demonstrations; frequency 6 GHz to 25 GHz; printed microwave lens beam former; quadruple bandwidth microwave lens beam former; true time delay printed microwave lens beam former; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Delay effects; Lenses; Microstrip; Microwave antenna arrays; Optical design; Phased arrays; Power transmission lines; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5172353

Filename

5172353