Millimeter-wave microstrip and printed circuit antennas

Title:

Personal Author:

Bhartia, P.

Publication Information:

Norwood, MA : Artech House, 1991

ISBN:

9780890063330

Subject Term:

Microwave antennas

Microstrip antennas

Strip transmission lines

Added Author:

Rao, K. V. S.

Tomar, R S

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Provides information needed to design millimeter-wave microstrip and printed circuit antennas from analysis methods and materials selection to antennas for particular applications. Special focus is given to the issues that impact the ability to scale microwave frequency designs to the millimeter-wav

Author Notes

P. Bhartia, Ph.D., is director general at Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, Canada.

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Preface	p. xi
Chapter 1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 Single-Element Characteristics	p. 2
1.2 Printed Circuit and Microstrip Arrays	p. 4
1.3 Organization of Text	p. 7
Chapter 2 Analytical Techniques for Microstrip Antennas	p. 9
2.1 Empirical Models	p. 9
2.1.1 Transmission Line Model	p. 10
2.1.2 Cavity Model	p. 16
2.2 Semiempirical Models	p. 19
2.2.1 Variational Approach	p. 19
2.2.2 Generalized Variational Approach	p. 20
2.2.3 Dual Integral Equation Approach	p. 21
2.2.4 Electric Surface Current Model	p. 22
2.2.5 Hankel Transform Technique	p. 28
2.2.6 Reciprocity Method	p. 28
2.2.7 Generalized Edge Boundary Condition (GEBC) Technique	p. 29
2.3 Full-Wave Analyses	p. 29
2.3.1 Moment Method in Space Domain	p. 30
2.3.2 Moment Method in Spectral Domain	p. 30
2.3.3 Transform-Domain Analyses	p. 41
2.3.4 Mixed Potential Integral Equation (MPIE) Approach	p. 41
2.3.5 Conjugate-Gradient Fast Fourier Transform (CGFFT) Technique	p. 42
Chapter 3 Materials and Substrate Selection	p. 47
3.1 Substrate Materials for Microstrip Antennas	p. 47
3.2 Criteria for Substrate Selection	p. 48
3.2.1 Surface-Wave Excitation	p. 49
3.2.2 Dispersion Effects	p. 51
3.2.3 Dielectric Loss and Copper Loss	p. 52
3.2.4 Substrate Anisotropy	p. 55
3.2.5 Environmental Considerations	p. 57
3.2.6 Mechanical Considerations	p. 58
3.2.7 Cost Considerations	p. 58
3.3 Recommendations	p. 58
Chapter 4 Design of Microstrip Radiating Elements at High Frequencies	p. 61
4.1 Mode Spectrum of Surface Waves Excited in the Microstrip Antenna	p. 62
4.2 Characteristics of Open-Circuited Microstrip Stub Radiator at High Frequencies	p. 65
4.3 Design of Printed Dipole over a Thick Grounded Dielectric Slab	p. 73
4.3.1 Studies on Hertzian Microstrip Dipole over a Thick Grounded Dielectric Slab	p. 75
4.3.2 Printed Dipole on a Dielectric Half-Space	p. 79
4.3.3 Full-Length Dipole on Grounded Dielectric Slab	p. 81
4.3.4 Printed Dipole Antenna with Dielectric Cover	p. 87
4.4 Design of Rectangular Patch Antenna Element Using Moment Method Solution	p. 95
4.5 Circular Patch Antenna with Surface-Wave Effects	p. 107
4.5.1 Circular Microstrip Antenna on Thin Substrate with Surface-Wave Effects	p. 108
4.5.2 Input Impedance of a Circular Patch Antenna over a Thick Substrate	p. 114
Chapter 5 Feed Structures for Microstrip Antenna Elements and Arrays	p. 125
5.1 Single-Layer Open Type of Feed Systems	p. 127
5.1.1 Microstrip Feed	p. 127
5.1.2 Microstrip Antenna Feed through a Gap	p. 130
5.1.3 Dual-Polarized Microstrip Feed	p. 130
5.1.4 Probe Feeding in Microstrip Antennas	p. 131
5.1.5 Waveguide Iris-Microstrip Transition	p. 132
5.1.6 Side-Coupled Microstrip Feed	p. 132
5.2 Double-Layered Closed Type of Feed Mechanism in Microstrip Antennas	p. 134
5.2.1 Principle of Electromagnetically Coupled (ECM) Feeding of Microstrip Antenna through Suspended Line Configuration	p. 135
5.2.2 Feeding by Aperture Coupling	p. 137
5.2.3 Feed Transitions	p. 146
5.2.4 Insular Guide Feed to Microstrip Element	p. 150
5.3 Feed Configurations for Arrays	p. 158
5.3.1 Constrained Feed Structure	p. 159
5.3.2 Lens-Mode Feeds	p. 166
5.4 Discontinuities at High Frequencies	p. 166
5.4.1 Frequency-Dependent Equivalent Circuit Approach for Microstrip Discontinuities	p. 167
5.4.2 Full-Wave Analysis of Discontinuities Using Dyadic Green's Function	p. 176
Chapter 6 Wideband Microstrip Antenna Structures	p. 183
6.1 Single-Element Bandwidth Enhancement	p. 183
6.1.1 Effect of Bandwidth on Parametric Changes	p. 184
6.1.2 Improvement of Bandwidth by Parasitic Elements	p. 185
6.1.3 Multilayered Wideband Microstrip Antenna Structures	p. 194
6.2 Large Bandwidth Structures	p. 201
6.2.1 Wideband CP-PADS Antenna	p. 201
6.2.2 Bow-Tie Antenna as a Wideband Element	p. 203
6.2.3 Characteristics of Wideband Spiral Antennas	p. 207
6.2.4 Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA)	p. 211
6.3 Wideband Array Antennas	p. 216
6.3.1 Series and Parallel Fed Microstrip Arrays	p. 217
6.3.2 Traveling Wave Microstrip Antennas	p. 219
6.3.3 Electromagnetically Coupled Log-Periodic Microstrip Array Antenna	p. 220
Chapter 7 Design and Analysis of Microstrip Antenna Arrays at High Frequencies	p. 227
7.1 Design of Linear Antenna Arrays	p. 228
7.1.1 Design of Comb-Line Array with Microstrip Stubs	p. 229
7.1.2 Linear Array Design with Microstrip Patches	p. 240
7.1.3 Linear Array with Capacitively Coupled Fingers	p. 247
7.1.4 Linear Array with Hybrid Microstrip Insular Feeder	p. 249
7.2 Design of Planar Array Antennas	p. 252
7.2.1 Infinite Array with Printed Dipole Radiating Elements	p. 254
7.2.2 Infinite Array of Rectangular Microstrip Patches	p. 260
7.2.3 Finite Planar Arrays with Corporate Feed Arrangement	p. 264
7.2.4 Finite Planar Array of Printed Dipole Elements	p. 267
7.2.5 Mutual Coupling Effect in Microstrip Arrays Printed over Thick Dielectric Substrates	p. 275
7.2.6 Printed Dipole Planar Array with Insular Guide Feeder	p. 282
7.2.7 Printed Lens Arrays on an Ungrounded Dielectric Substrate	p. 286
7.3 Monopulse Printed Circuit Antenna	p. 290
7.4 Monolithic Integrated Phased Arrays	p. 295
7.4.1 Design Considerations	p. 296
7.4.2 Array Architecture and its Subsystems	p. 299
7.4.3 Phased Array Examples	p. 303
Bibliography	p. 311
List of Symbols	p. 315
Index	p. 319

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