W-band Waveguide Antenna Elements for Wideband and Wide-Scan Array Antenna Applications For Beyond 5G
Paper i proceeding, 2021

Energy-efficient and highly-compact beam-steering array antennas at W- and D-band frequencies are considered as future enabling technologies for beyond-5G applications. However, most existing solutions at these frequencies are limited to the fixed-beam and frequency-dependent beam-steering scenarios. This paper aims to fill in this knowledge gap by investigating various types of antenna elements as potential candidates for wideband and wide-scan arrays at W-band. We consider open-ended ridge and ridge gap waveguide radiating elements that could overcome the physical complexities associated with the integration of elements in large-scale electronically scanned arrays. An infinite array approach is used, where we have adopted a triangular array grid and introduced E- and H-plane grooves to the element design to enhance the scan and bandwidth performance. Cross-comparison of several simulated array designs leads to the final array elements with 25% impedance bandwidth over the scan range of ±40° in both the E- and H-planes.

ridge gap waveguide

beam steering

phased array antennas

W-band

waveguide antenna element

Författare

Yingqi Zhang

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Artem Vilenskiy

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021

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9788831299022 (ISBN)

15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021)
Dusseldorf, Germany,

MyWave - Efficient Millimetre-Wave Communications for mobile users

Europeiska kommissionen (EU) (EC/H2020/860023), 2019-10-01 -- 2023-09-30.

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DOI

10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411184

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