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Linear array modules with prescribed excitations using waveguide shunt slot-fed microstrip patch elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2013

Khagindra Sood ,
Rajeev Jyoti  and
Shashi Bhushan Sharma
Khagindra Sood*
Affiliation:
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India.
Rajeev Jyoti
Affiliation:
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India.
Shashi Bhushan Sharma
Affiliation:
Indus Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad, India.
*
Corresponding author: Khagindra Sood Email: khagindras@yahoo.co.in
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Abstract

A waveguide shunt slot-fed microstrip patch antenna (WGMPA) element is proposed and analyzed with method of moments (MOM) using entire-domain basis functions. The developed analysis has been utilized to obtain parametric observation of power-coupling versus transverse offset of feeding slot from the waveguide axis. Expressions for the radiation pattern as a summation of contributions of individual basis functions are reported. The proposed element is amenable to building-up series-fed linear arrays by a simple cascading of elements at the through-end of the feeding waveguide. The authors propose that arbitrary amplitude excitations may be applied to such linear arrays for desired tailored array pattern characteristics. The required transverse offsets for each array element may be computed using the reported parametric result. As a demonstration of concept, two distributions are designed – uniform amplitudes and Dolph–Chebyshev for reduced side lobes. Computed element patterns from MOM are used with an array factor formulation for arbitrary element positions. Both modules show radiation characteristics closely matching the expected directivity and sidelobe envelopes. Analysis validation is achieved using a proven finite element method (FEM)-based solver; the comparison is close and is reported. Efficacy of the waveguide shunt-slot fed patch element for building linear array modules with prescribed amplitude distributions is thus established.

Keywords

Antennas and propagation for wireless systemAntenna designModeling and measurements
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 637 - 644
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2013 

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