• DocumentCode
    546693
  • Title

    Matching evanescent open-ended waveguide antennas using the Imaginary Smith Chart

  • Author

    Ludlow, Peter ; Fusco, Vincent

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol., Queen´´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    471
  • Lastpage
    474
  • Abstract
    In this paper we propose a means by which the Imaginary Smith Chart may be used to simplify the design of evanescent open-ended waveguide antennas. WR90 waveguide (which has a cutoff frequency of 6.56GHz) was used in the design process. An open-ended waveguide antenna design is presented that operates at 4.5GHz with a bandwidth of 3.2% for return loss <;-10dB and a maximum realised gain of 3.71dBi.
  • Keywords
    waveguide antennas; WR90 waveguide; design process; evanescent open-ended waveguide antenna matching; frequency 4.5 GHz; frequency 6.56 GHz; gain 3.71 dB; imaginary Smith chart; Admittance; Apertures; Electromagnetic waveguides; Impedance; Microwave filters; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0250-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5782468