Gain Enhancement of Beam Scanning Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slot Array Antennas Using a Phase-Correcting Grating Cover
- 25 June 2014
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 62 (9), 4584-4591
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2014.2333058
Abstract
In this paper, planar beam scanning substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) slot leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) are proposed for gain enhancement using a metallic phase correction grating cover. Unlike conventional Fabry-Pérot (FP) cavity antennas, the proposed antenna is fed by the SIW beam scanning LWA instead of a feeding antenna. The beam scanning angle range is enlarged by meandering the entire feeding structure and the gain is enhanced by a metallic grating cover acting as a 1-D lens. Two kinds of the gratings with different metal strip parameters are designed and analyzed. The proposed antennas operating at the center frequency of 25.45 GHz are designed and experimentally verified for an automotive collision avoidance radar with a gain enhancement of about 4 ~ 6 dB. The proposed SIW LWAs have the advantages of high gain, low profile, easy fabrication and beam-scanning capability good for millimeter wave radar applications.Funding Information
- National 973
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