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Design of ultra‐wideband antenna using tapered slot for low‐end frequency extension
Author(s) -
Dang Tao,
Zheng Hongxing,
Wang Lu,
Cui Wenjie,
Wang Guangming
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.21553
Subject(s) - vivaldi antenna , permittivity , materials science , bandwidth (computing) , dielectric , wideband , slot antenna , relative permittivity , optics , antenna (radio) , acoustics , electronic engineering , directional antenna , physics , optoelectronics , computer science , radiation pattern , engineering , telecommunications
In order to extend the lower frequency down, resonant cavities are added to a tapered slot Vivaldi antenna. Using a full‐wave time‐domain method, the effect of the dielectric substrate on the performance of the antenna has been investigated. Permittivity was shown to play an important role in comparisons of wideband frequency range antennas with dielectric constant cases in similar geometries. When dielectric permittivity is increased, the bandwidth is improved, and when the resonant cavity is added, the low‐end frequency response is extended even lower than 500 MHz. Results from a conventional tapered slot edge compared to a tapered slot edge with resonant cavity Vivaldi antennas with different dielectric permittivity qualitatively supports the effect of the different substrate. Verification has been implemented by using the numerical method of pseudospectral time‐domain with alternating‐direction‐implicit method, and by the experiment. The simulation results show very good agreement with the experiment. Both results proved that our design is available.