Pillbox Reflector based Low-Profile Millimeter-Wave Shared Aperture Dual-Polarized Multi-Beam Antenna

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Abstract

A millimeter-wave multi-beam antenna is presented with dual-polarized radiation characteristics. The proposed antenna is composed of a shared aperture dual-polarized slotted waveguide antenna (SWA) array and two pillbox beamforming networks (BFNs). The dual-polarized radiation characteristic of the SWA array is achieved by the cross-placed vertically polarized (VP) and horizontally polarized (HP) SWAs. The input ports of the VP and HP SWAs are located at the two ends of the dual-polarized array, connected with two pillbox BFNs. The sources (H-plane horns) at the different positions of the pillbox BFNs can excite different phase gradients to the SWA array, thus achieving the multi-beams switching. In addition, the aperture sizes of the H-plane horns are optimized to suppress the dropped gain of the steered beams. In our simulation, the proposed antenna can achieve 7 beams with the maximum beam steering range of ±28° for both HP and VP beams, and the maximum gain difference of the steered beams is 1.6 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350338874
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event15th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2023 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 14 May 202317 May 2023

Publication series

Name2023 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2023 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period14/05/2317/05/23

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