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New electronic scanning traveling‐wave antenna array
Author(s) -
Alaeddine A.,
Rammal M.,
Bazzi O.,
Mohanna Y.,
Reineix A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21882
Subject(s) - antenna (radio) , antenna array , microwave , microstrip antenna , engineering , dipole antenna , microstrip , electronic engineering , antenna measurement , electrical engineering , acoustics , optics , telecommunications , physics
A plan traveling‐wave array to realize an electronic scanning antenna is described. A theoretical analysis of the microstrip antenna and experimental results of the series‐fed element array are presented. An efficient synthesis method is used to produce the desired radiated patterns like side lobes and high gain. Eight elements of the linear traveling‐wave series‐fed array were used and tested. High performance and good gain have been observed over a relatively large band. For a frequency shift of 100 GHz, the lobe scanned 2°. This array promises to be a candidate in an electronic scanning antenna. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 2186–2189, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21882