Title :
PSP planar lens: A CORPS BFN to improve radiation features of arrays
Author :
Betancourt, Diego ; Del-Rio, Carlos
Author_Institution :
Antenna Group, Public Univ. of Navarra, Navarra
Abstract :
In this paper a CORPS BFN defined by periodic layers of patches, slots and patches, PSP (Patch-Slot-Patch) is used to improve the radiation features of arrays, specially increasing the directivities of each one of the beams keeping the original phase centres.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; lens antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; CORPS-BFN structure; PSP planar lens antenna array; beam forming network; coherently radiating periodic structure; patch-slot-patch structure; Antenna arrays; Apertures; Directive antennas; Lenses; Modems; Mutual coupling; Periodic structures; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Slot antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
