Parameter study of a broadband uniplanar quasi-Yagi antenna

Author

Song, Hyok J. ; Bialkowski, Marek E. ; Kabacik, Pawel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

166

Abstract

A parameter study is performed of a broadband uniplanar quasi-Yagi antenna with regard to its design and use in a spatial power combiner. The uniplanar quasi-Yagi antenna consists of a director and a driver fed by a broadband microstrip to coplanar strip transition. The truncated ground plane on the backside of the substrate is used as a reflector. A 3D full-wave electromagnetic field analysis, using a commercially available 3D full-wave EM package, is applied to identify those parameters which most affect the design frequency and operational bandwidth of this antenna. Optimal design conditions are identified

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; power combiners; 3D full-wave EM software package; 3D full-wave electromagnetic field analysis; broadband uniplanar quasi-Yagi antenna; design frequency; microstrip transition; operational bandwidth; parameter study; spatial power combiner; truncated ground plane; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Horn antennas; Microstrip antennas; Operational amplifiers; Packaging; Power combiners; Receiving antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. MIKON-2000. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wroclaw

Print_ISBN

83-906662-3-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2000.913899

Filename

913899