A New Size Reduction Method for Radial Line Slot Array (RLSA) Antennas

A Reconfigurable Radial Line Slot Array Antenna for WiMAX Application

Radial Line Slot Antennas Fed by a Rectangular Waveguide through a Crossed Slot

Two design methods for Radial Line Slot Antennas with arbitrary or beam pattern

Two design procedures for Radial Line Slot Antennas (RLSAs) with circular polarization and either maximum gain or an arbitrary shaped pattern are proposed. Firstly, a method to design a RLSA with any desired pattern is presented. It is based on an optimization algorithm and some measures to ensure its fast convergence and stability need to be taken. Secondly, a fast technique to calculate the l...

A Design Method for Array Antennas

An array antenna is generally designed by using the array factor. The designed antenna hasn’t been desired characteristics because the mutual coupling between elements isn’t taken into account for the design. In this paper a quantitative design method for an array antenna above the infinite ground plane is proposed. The fundamental idea of this method is the input impedance correction of each a...

A Full-Wave Analysis of a Complete Model for a Radial Line Slot Antenna

Extremely small aperture radial line slot antennas (RLSAs) are analyzed by method of moments. At first, the analysis model of cylindrical waveguide in terms of rectangular cavity modes is confirmed for a RLSA with a spiral slot arrangement. The overall VSWR as well as rotational symmetry of the actual structure of RLSAs is predicted for the first time and is confirmed experimentally. Secondly, ...