Design of 77 GHz Vivaldi antenna for millimeter wave communication

Author

Chong, L.P. ; Ng, P.T. ; Wang, Wen ; Fu, Jeffrey S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nat. Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2002

fDate

17-19 Aug. 2002

Firstpage

460

Lastpage

463

Abstract

The antenna was fed by a unilateral fin line and then transmitted to its taper slotline radiator. The design and fabrication of the substrate containing the fin line transmission section and tapered slot radiating section were carried out. The waveguides were also designed to house the fin line section of the substrate. Simulations were carried out using XFDTD software to determine the radiating characteristic of the antenna. A set of S-parameter and polarization curves of the designed 77 GHz antenna were shown.

Keywords

S-parameters; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; fin lines; finite difference time-domain analysis; leaky wave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; slot antennas; 77 GHz; S-parameters; Vivaldi antenna design; XFDTD software simulations; antenna radiating characteristic; fin line transmission section; millimeter wave communication; polarization curves; substrate design; substrate fabrication; taper slotline radiator; tapered slot radiating section; unilateral fin line fed antenna; waveguide design; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Impedance; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Slot antennas; Slotline; Vivaldi antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2002. Proceedings. ICMMT 2002. 2002 3rd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7486-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2002.1187736

Filename

1187736