A Simple Technique for Open-Stopband Suppression in Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas Using Two Nonidentical Elements Per Unit Cell
- 1 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 66 (6), 2741-2751
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2018.2819701
Abstract
A simple technique is presented for the complete suppression of the open stopband in periodic leaky-wave antennas using two similar but nonidentical elements per unit cell. With the technique, one needs only to optimize the distance between the two elements and the dimension of the second element, starting with a quarter of the period and the dimension of the first element. With the simple design procedure, the technique is practical and effective for the open-stopband suppression for various periodic leaky-wave antennas. Two periodic leaky-wave antennas with the technique are demonstrated. The first one is a new developed substrate-integrated waveguide antenna with two nonidentical transverse slots per unit cell. The antenna has a wide scanning range from the backward endfire to the forward direction and does not suffer from blind scanning points at endfires (if it is placed on an infinite ground plane). The antenna is theoretically investigated. The simulation and measured results are consistent with the theoretical results. The second one is a microstrip combline leaky-wave antenna, in which each unit cell contains two nonidentical open-ended stubs. The two examples validate that the technique proposed in this paper can completely eliminate the open stopband in periodic leaky-wave antennas.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of China (61771497, 61401522, 41376041, 61172026)
- NSF of Guangdong Province (2015A030312010)
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