High-performance E-band continuous transverse stub array antenna with a 45° linear polarizer

Yang You, Yunlong Lu, Yi Wang, Wen-wen Yang, Zhang-cheng Hao, Qingchun You, Jifu Huang

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Abstract

This letter presents a continuous transverse stub (CTS) array antenna with high aperture efficiency, low sidelobes, and cross-polarization characteristics over an E -band. The antenna consists of a full-corporate-feed 32-slot CTS array and a 45° linear polarizer. A multiple-aperture excited parallel-plate waveguide structure works as a linear source generator to generate the quasi-TEM wave with a uniform amplitude distribution over the whole operating band from 71 to 86 GHz. The 45° linear polarizer contains two layers of slots, shifting the linear polarization from the principal E -plane ( φ = 90°) to the intended E -plane ( φ = 135°). The array antenna achieves the low cross polarization and sidelobe level (SLL) while maintaining high aperture efficiency. Measurement results show that the antenna has an aperture efficiency of over 74% with the peak gains of better than 37.9 dBi over the whole E -band, while the far-field SLLs in the intended E - and H -planes approach the ETSI class IV envelope standard.
Original languageEnglish
Article number8827274
Pages (from-to)2189-2193
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume18
Issue number10
Early online date9 Sept 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Oct 2019

Keywords

  • 45° linear polarizer
  • Antenna arrays
  • Aperture antennas
  • Continuous transverse stub (CTS) array
  • Couplings
  • Feeds
  • Gain
  • Power dividers
  • low sidelobe levels (SLLs)

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