Left-handed leaky wave antenna for millimeter-wave applications

@inproceedings{citeulike:1992104, abstract = {In this paper, we have designed microstrip left-handed leaky wave antennas (LH LWAs) working from 75 to 82 GHz, and we have conformed beam scanning by MoM simulation. A conventional LH LWA for microwave applications consists of series interdigital capacitors and shunt stubs connected with vias to the ground. Manufacturing the interdigital capacitor and meander-line inductor working at mm-wave frequencies is very hard because of the etching tolerance. In the case of the mm-wave antenna, the value of capacitance, and inductance becomes smaller than that of the microwave antenna, so the interdigital capacitor and shunt meander-line inductor can be replaced with a simple gap capacitor and line inductor. In this paper, we have designed a planar mm-wave frequency LH LWA. In order to maximize the fabrication tolerance, we have chosen a via-free LH structure with a simple series gap and a straight shunt inductor connected with a virtual ground patch in the unit cell, which will contribute to reducing conductor losses as well.}, author = {Matsuzawa, S. and Sato, K. and Sanada, A. and Kubo, H. and Aso, S. }, booktitle = {Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on}, citeulike-article-id = {1992104}, journal = {Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on}, keywords = {antenna, leaky, lh, metamaterial}, pages = {183--186}, posted-at = {2007-11-27 10:23:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Left-handed leaky wave antenna for millimeter-wave applications}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=1461043}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1992104 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1992104 TI - Left-handed leaky wave antenna for millimeter-wave applications T2 - Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on JF - Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on SP - 183 EP - 186 N2 - In this paper, we have designed microstrip left-handed leaky wave antennas (LH LWAs) working from 75 to 82 GHz, and we have conformed beam scanning by MoM simulation. A conventional LH LWA for microwave applications consists of series interdigital capacitors and shunt stubs connected with vias to the ground. Manufacturing the interdigital capacitor and meander-line inductor working at mm-wave frequencies is very hard because of the etching tolerance. In the case of the mm-wave antenna, the value of capacitance, and inductance becomes smaller than that of the microwave antenna, so the interdigital capacitor and shunt meander-line inductor can be replaced with a simple gap capacitor and line inductor. In this paper, we have designed a planar mm-wave frequency LH LWA. In order to maximize the fabrication tolerance, we have chosen a via-free LH structure with a simple series gap and a straight shunt inductor connected with a virtual ground patch in the unit cell, which will contribute to reducing conductor losses as well. KW - antenna KW - leaky KW - lh KW - metamaterial AU - Matsuzawa, S AU - Sato, K AU - Sanada, A AU - Kubo, H AU - Aso, S PY - 2005/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1461043 ER -