Wideband Circularly Polarized 1-D Connected Array Antennas with Slant Slot Feeders and Gradient Artificial Dielectric Layers
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper proposes wideband circularly polarized (CP) 1-D connected array antennas with slant slot feeders and gradient artificial dielectric layers (ADLs). The slant slot feeder introduces an identical electric field (E-field) along the x- and y-directions. Three slabs consisting of multiple ADLs are stacked above the slot feeder. Due to the different boundary conditions of a 1-D connected array in the zx- and zy-planes, the guided wave in the slabs exhibits different multipath lengths along the x- and y-directions, leading to a 90° phase difference between the Ex and Ey components. Moreover, the cascaded slabs are designed with gradient effective permittivities for a gradual impedance transition from the guided mode to the radiating mode, allowing for wideband matching and CP performance. To validate the proposed design approach, an 8 × 1 array was fabricated and measured. The antenna shows a 1.96:1 (10.1–20 GHz) impedance bandwidth (VSWR < 2) and a 1.46:1 (12–17.5 GHz) 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth in measurement. The array exhibits an average right-hand CP boresight gain of 12.39 dBic. Moreover, we produced a frequency-invariant beam pattern with an average half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of 24.77° and a standard deviation below 3.63° over 12–18 GHz for the target pattern, with a HPBW of 26°, demonstrating wideband electronic warfare performance using the proposed array.
Source: Applied Sciences
DOI: 10.3390/app15179568
Authors: Taeho Yu, Dongju Choi, Jin Myeong Heo, Gangil Byun
Language: English
Topic: Antenna Design and Analysis
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,896
OpenAlex ID: W4413926575