• DocumentCode
    3457931
  • Title

    Leaky-waves in a metamaterial-based two-dimensional structure for a conical beam antenna application

  • Author

    Allen, Catherine A. ; Caloz, Christophe ; Itoh, Tatsuo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-11 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    305
  • Abstract
    A two-dimensional periodic mushroom structure is proposed as a leaky-wave antenna with a conical beam. To the author´s knowledge, this is the first 2D leaky wave antenna demonstrated experimentally. The structure can be modelled as a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line and exhibits both backward and forward leakage. The radiation patterns for the antenna are shown and demonstrated a scanning range of 15°-33° in the backward region and 27°-63° in the forward region.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; conical antennas; leaky wave antennas; transmission lines; 2D leaky wave antenna; 2D periodic mushroom structure; CRLH transmission line; backward leakage; conical beam antenna; forward leakage; leaky-wave antenna; metamaterial-based 2d structure; periodic structures; radiation patterns; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Directional antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Leaky wave antennas; Metamaterials; Performance analysis; Periodic structures; Proposals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8331-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335878
  • Filename
    1335878