Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 2087-2096Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2143668
Keywords
Leaky wave antennas; leaky waves; microstrip antennas; periodic structures; surface waves
Funding
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers [FA9550-09-1-0696]
- NSF [ECCS-0747623]
- AFOSR [FA9550-08-1-0067]
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A simple procedure for designing a sinusoidally-modulated reactance surface (SMRS) that radiates at an arbitrary off-broadside angle is outlined. The procedure allows for nearly independent control of the leakage and phase constants along the surface. Printing an array of metallic strips over a grounded dielectric substrate is discussed as a way to practically implement the theoretical SMRS. A method of mapping the gaps between metallic strips to a desired surface impedance is presented as an efficient alternative to mapping methods used in the past. A printed leaky-wave antenna with a sinusoidally-modulated surface reactance is designed using the procedure mentioned above. The TM-polarized antenna radiates at 30 degrees from broadside at 10 GHz, and exhibits an experimental gain of 18.4 dB. Theoretical, simulated, and experimental results are presented.
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