Title :
Feeding circuit of phased array composed of four slotted waveguides with only one phase shifter using block excitation technique
Author :
Sakakibara, Kunio ; Kikuma, Nobuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Phased array antennas are being applied for commercial use of highly functional antenna applications such as automotive radars and FWA (fixed wireless access) systems in recent years. Since phase shifters are connected to all the elements of phased arrays, high cost is a significant problem in commercial use. We propose a feeding circuit of a waveguide antenna to produce a beam scanning function by using only one phase shifter with four slotted waveguide linear array antennas.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna phased arrays; linear antenna arrays; phase shifters; scanning antennas; slot antenna arrays; FWA; automotive radars; beam scanning function; block excitation technique; feeding circuit; fixed wireless access; linear array antennas; phase shifter; phased array antennas; slotted waveguides; waveguide antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Automotive engineering; Circuits; Linear antenna arrays; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Slot antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communication Technology, 2003. IEEE Topical Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8196-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCT.2003.1321555