A W-Band Dual-Polarization Slot Array Antenna with Low Sidelobe Level

Authors

  • Hao Luo Department of Information and Electric Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Yu Xiao Department of Electronic Engineering Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Wenhao Tan Department of Information and Electric Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Luoning Gan Department of Information and Electric Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Houjun Sun Department of Information and Electric Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

Keywords:

Dual-polarization, low sidelobe level, slot array antenna, W-band

Abstract

A 94-GHz dual-polarization low-sidelobelevel slot array antenna is proposed. A 2x2-slot cavitybacked subarray is adopted as the basic unit of the array. A high-isolation orthogonal-mode transducer (OMT) with a simple structure is used to excite the dualpolarization subarray. The realization of a low sidelobe level depends on the amplitude-weighted waveguide feed network. A novel unequal power dividing ratio but equal phase (UPEP) single-ridged waveguide divider is presented for the construction of the vertical polarization (VP) array feed network. A 16x16-slot low-sidelobelevel dual-polarization array antenna is fabricated. The machining difficulties of the W-band array are reduced by using simpler structures. The measured results show that the impedance bandwidth is greater than 7.3 GHz, while the first sidelobe levels are lower than -20.1 dB for both polarization arrays within the operating bandwidth. The measured gain is higher than 30.9 dBi for the two polarization arrays with an antenna efficiency better than 64%.

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Published

2019-11-01

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Hao Luo, Yu Xiao, Wenhao Tan, Luoning Gan, and Houjun Sun, “A W-Band Dual-Polarization Slot Array Antenna with Low Sidelobe Level”, ACES Journal, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1711–1718, Nov. 2019.

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