Open AccessDIVERSITY MONOPULSE ANTENNA BASED ON A DUAL-FREQUENCY AND DUAL MODE CRLH RAT-RACE COUPLER
Author(s) -
D. Castro-Galan,
Luis Enrique García-Muñoz,
Daniel SegoviaVargas,
Vicente GonzálezPosadas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1937-6472
DOI - 10.2528/pierb09030603
Subject(s) - dual (grammatical number) , monopulse radar , dual mode , race (biology) , rat race coupler , antenna (radio) , diversity (politics) , physics , telecommunications , hybrid coupler , computer science , electronic engineering , sociology , engineering , art , power dividers and directional couplers , radar , gender studies , anthropology , literature , radar imaging , continuous wave radar
A diversity monopulse antenna is presented in this paper. This monopulse antenna is based on a dual frequency dual mode rat- race coupler that has been designed by using Composite Right/Left Handed (CRLH) Transmission Lines (TL). The device has two input ports while the (Σ) and (Δ) outputs are interchangable at either of the two operating frequencies. In this way the monopulse antenna can work at two different frequencies with two sets of radiation patterns, Σ and Δ. In addition, there is no need of diplexing to separate the (Σ) and (Δ) radiation patterns since these patterns at either frequency are directly obtained at different ports. The dual frequency dual mode rat-race requires that the phase delay of the CRLH lines must be different at either working frequency. As an example of an application, a 950 MHz/1.8 GHz dual-band dual-mode rat-race coupler is shown.
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