In this paper, a new configuration of Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA) with improved radiation pattern is proposed and studied. This antenna is designed in the form of a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) array with respect to side lobe level constraints. For side lobe reduction, a simple quasi-triangular distribution is proposed and is accomplished uniquely by means of 3 dB power dividers. A 12-wa...

This article describes the design, analysis, and performance prediction of a monopulse pointing system in a 34-m beam-waveguide antenna of the Deep Space Network (DSN). While the basic concept of monopulse pointing is not new, its application in the DSN is novel in two ways: first, the large antenna structure made necessary by the extremely weak signal environment; and second, the use of the si...

This paper presents coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed slot antenna. A rectangular slot antenna is excited by a 50 ohm CPW with L-shaped tuning stub. It can achieves wide band from 2.0 GHz to 6 GHz which is the frequency band covered the standard IEEE 802.11a/b/g for use in WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and covered the WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, 2-6 GHz). The charact...

For the purpose of wideband operations, a bow-tie slot antenna fed by a coplanar waveguide (CPW) is investigated. The design was realized using a tapered metal stub introduced in the middle of the bow-tie slot. The modified structure shows wider bandwidth over the conventional bow-tie slot antenna. Parametric study of this new antenna results in a design procedure that helps design this class o...

This paper discusses how to design a Radial Line Slot Antenna (RLSA) whose waveguide is filled with high loss dielectric materials. We introduce a new design for the aperture slot coupling synthesis to restrain the dielectric losses and improve the antenna gain. Based on a newly defined slot coupling, a number of RLSAs with different sizes and loss factors are analyzed and their performances ar...

Here we have considered non uniform microstrip leaky-wave antenna implemented on a dielectric waveguide by a sinusoidal profile of periodic metallic grating. The non distribution of the attenuation constant α along propagation axis, optimize the radiating characteristics and performances of such antennas. The method developped here is based on an integral method where the formalism of the admit...

A broadband circularly polarized (CP) slot antenna array fed by an asymmetric coplanar waveguide (CPW) with stepped and inverted T-shaped strips is proposed. Using four square slot antenna elements with sequential rotation oblique feed and a modified sequential-phase (SP) feeding network, broadband CP can be achieved. The measured −10 dB reflection coefficient bandwidth and 3 dB axial ratio (AR...

AbstrAct: This paper presents a new approach of modelling, design, and characteristics of variable radio frequency micro-electromechanical system (RF-MEMS) capacitor integrated on leaky wave antenna (LWA) operating at 94 GHz. This antenna was implemented on grounded coplanar waveguide (CPW). A 2D distributed mathematical model for the capacitor has been developed along this paper; we formulate ...

Antenna and its feed system in wireless communications require to be multi-functional for increasing flexibility and feasibility of devices, such as possibility to integrate, smaller-footprints, cost effective and low effort on fabrication, and it should be wideband frequency operating. The objective of this paper is to design and analyze a PIFA based on metamaterial resonators for wideband ope...

A large bandwidth wide-slot antenna, fed by coplanar waveguide (CPW), is proposed. Experimental investigations and detailed simulations are conducted to understand its behavior and to optimize for broadband operation. The impedance bandwidth, determined by 10-dB return loss of the proposed slot antenna using both measurement and simulation, is about 131% (2.8 to 14GHz). In addition to be small ...