Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length

In this letter, the influence of the truncation effects onthe beam-splitting property of a broadside symmetric leaky-waveantenna (LWA) is presented. It will be shown that for finite lengthLWAs, the maximum broadside beam exists at higher phase constantvalues than suggested by infinite LWA analysis....

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Main Authors: Sutinjo, Adrian, Okoniewski, M., Johnston, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6985
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author Sutinjo, Adrian
Okoniewski, M.
Johnston, R.
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Johnston, R.
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description In this letter, the influence of the truncation effects onthe beam-splitting property of a broadside symmetric leaky-waveantenna (LWA) is presented. It will be shown that for finite lengthLWAs, the maximum broadside beam exists at higher phase constantvalues than suggested by infinite LWA analysis. The accuratebeam-splitting conditions are obtained using a computer search algorithmand are reported for a range of practical LWAlengths. Thebehavior of the aperture distributions at the split conditions is thendiscussed. To illustrate the application of the result, the theoreticalbeam-splitting condition plot is used to identify the beam-splittingpoint of a microstrip based LWA design. Finally, other design implicationsof the findings are discussed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-69852017-09-13T14:40:28Z Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length Sutinjo, Adrian Okoniewski, M. Johnston, R. Antenna arrays microwave antenna arrays antenna theory microwave antennas leaky-wave antennas In this letter, the influence of the truncation effects onthe beam-splitting property of a broadside symmetric leaky-waveantenna (LWA) is presented. It will be shown that for finite lengthLWAs, the maximum broadside beam exists at higher phase constantvalues than suggested by infinite LWA analysis. The accuratebeam-splitting conditions are obtained using a computer search algorithmand are reported for a range of practical LWAlengths. Thebehavior of the aperture distributions at the split conditions is thendiscussed. To illustrate the application of the result, the theoreticalbeam-splitting condition plot is used to identify the beam-splittingpoint of a microstrip based LWA design. Finally, other design implicationsof the findings are discussed. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6985 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2002906 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers restricted
spellingShingle Antenna arrays
microwave antenna arrays
antenna theory
microwave antennas
leaky-wave antennas
Sutinjo, Adrian
Okoniewski, M.
Johnston, R.
Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title_full Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title_fullStr Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title_full_unstemmed Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title_short Beam-Splitting Condition in a Broadside Symmetric Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Length
title_sort beam-splitting condition in a broadside symmetric leaky-wave antenna of finite length
topic Antenna arrays
microwave antenna arrays
antenna theory
microwave antennas
leaky-wave antennas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6985