Increasing the bandwidth of cavity-backed SIW antennas by using stacked cavities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2018
Abstract
This paper presents a technique to increase the bandwidth in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity-backed antennas, inspired by the design of cavity filters. The proposed structure consists of a slot antenna backed by two cavities, located one on top of the other and coupled through a slot. To demonstrate the bandwidth increase, a standard cavity-backed SIW antenna, with a rectangular slot etched in the top metal plane, has been designed, manufactured, and measured. Subsequently, a similar antenna was developed, by doubling the substrate thickness with the aim to improve the bandwidth. Finally, the new topology of two-cavity SIW antenna has been implemented and compared with the two previous ones. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed two-cavity antenna exhibits a bandwidth twice as large as the standard SIW cavity-backed antenna.
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- Research Papers
- Information
- International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 10 , Issue 8 , October 2018 , pp. 942 - 947
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2018
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