Title :
Implementation of transmitarray antenna concept by using aperture-coupled microstrip patches
Author :
Lam, King-wai ; Kwok, Sze-wai ; Hwang, Yeongming ; Lo, Terry Kin-chung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A transmitarray antenna combining the features of lens and phased array antenna is presented. An aperture-coupled microstrip patch with a tuning stub as a radiating element is proposed. A 360° differential phase shift is achieved. The measured VSWR is 1.2 over a 1.9 percent bandwidth
Keywords :
microstrip antenna arrays; transmitting antennas; tuning; aperture-coupled microstrip patch; transmit array antenna; transmitarray antenna concept; tuning stub; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Feeds; Lenses; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Transmitting antennas; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.659416
