Mutual Coupling Evaluation and Radiation Pattern Performance for Coplanar Vivaldi Antenna Array

Author(s):  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Eko Setijadi
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changjiang Deng ◽  
Wenhua Chen ◽  
Zhijun Zhang ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Zhenghe Feng

This paper gives a feasible and simple solution of generating OAM-carrying radio beams. Eight Vivaldi antenna elements connect sequentially and fold into a hollow cylinder. The circular Vivaldi antenna array is fed with unit amplitude but with a successive phase difference from element to element. By changing the phase difference at the steps of 0, ±45°, ±90°, ±135°, and 180°, the OAM radio beam can be generated with mode numbers 0, ±1, ±2, ±3, and 4. Simulations show that the OAM states of ±2 and ±3 are the same as the traditional states, while the OAM states of 0, ±1, and 4 differ at the boresight. This phenomenon can be explained by the radiation pattern difference between Vivaldi antenna and tripole antenna. A solution of distinguishing OAM states is also proposed. The mode number of OAM can be distinguished with only 2 receivers.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jorge Sosa-Pedroza ◽  
Luis Carrión-Rivera ◽  
Sergio Peña-Ruiz ◽  
Fabiola Martínez-Zuñiga

We present an analysis of mutual coupling effects on radiation pattern and individual coupling in a conformal array of cross rhombic antennas. Analysis is made using both full-wave simulation and numerical approaches implemented in Matlab. The array consists of a truncated hexagonal pyramid, with a cross rhombic antenna in each pyramidal face, including the one on the top, having a 7-antennas-array. Results of radiation pattern and S11 parameters are presented, showing mutual coupling effects among the elements.


2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiaa Herzi ◽  
Moufida Bouslama ◽  
Ali Gharsallah

In this paper, we investigate the influence of higher permittivity dielectric director on the radiation performances of an antipodal Vivaldi antenna. An elliptical dielectric director with high permittivity is inserted in an antipodal Vivaldi antenna aperture in order to ameliorate the radiation characteristics of the antenna. Due to the capacity of elevated permittivity dielectric to confine and guide energy in the desired direction, an increment of 4[Formula: see text]dB in the gain of the antenna is obtained. This antenna, which covers an ultra-wide frequency band of 146.8% from 2.3[Formula: see text]GHz to 15[Formula: see text]GHz, has approximately regular radiation patterns with reduced side lobe level and narrower beamwidth. In the interest to achieve radar application necessities, the proposed antenna is exploited to develop an antenna array which consists of four connected elements. Adding dielectric directors can significantly enhance the radiations characteristics of the antenna and reduce the mutual coupling inter-elements. So using four elements with dielectric director in the antenna array can achieve the same results obtained with eight elements without directors. This can decrease the used number of elements that form the antenna array.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Saenz ◽  
K. Guven ◽  
E. Ozbay ◽  
I. Ederra ◽  
R. Gonzalo

The mutual coupling between elements of a multifrequency dipole antenna array is experimentally investigated byS-parameter measurements and planar near-field scanning of the radiated field. A multifrequency array with six dipoles is analyzed. In order to reduce the coupling between dipoles, a planar metasurface is placed atop the array acting as superstrate. The mutual coupling of the antenna elements in the absence and presence of the superstrate is presented comparatively. Between 3 and 20 dB mutual coupling reduction is achieved when the superstrate is used. By scanning the field radiated by the antennas and far-field measurements of the radiation pattern, it is observed that the superstrate confines the radiated power, increases the boresight radiation, and reduces the endfire radiation.


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