Enhancing frequency-scanning response of leaky-wave antennas using high-impedance surfaces

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2011, 10 pp. 7 - 10
Issue Date:
2011-04-04
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The use of high-impedance surfaces (HISs) to increase the frequency-scanning sensitivity of hollow leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) is presented. The LWA consists of a hollow rectangular waveguide with one of its narrow walls replaced by a partially reflective surface, and it is loaded with a metallodielectric HIS to increase its beam-scanning response. Theoretical results based on a simple transverse equivalent network illustrate the physical mechanism responsible for the improvement, and they are verified by experiments on a prototype working in the 11-16 GHz band. © 2006 IEEE.
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