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Scan Performance Analysis by Mutual Coupling Effects in Fabry-Perot Cavity Antennas

패브리 패롯 공진기형 안테나에서 뮤츄얼 커플링에 의한 스캔특성 분석

  • Kim, Jong-Sung (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Kyungsung University)
  • 김종성 (경성대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2014.05.30
  • Accepted : 2014.10.06
  • Published : 2014.10.25

Abstract

Scan capabilities of Fabry-Perot cavity (FPC) antennas are investigated for the case of a $4{\times}1$ thinned array placed inside the cavity. The FPC array antenna has higher maximum gain and lower sidelobe level (SLL), but the maximum scan angle of the thinned array is 14-17% lower than the patch array alone, due to increased mutual coupling in the FPC structures. However, unlike the bare thinned array, the SLL of FPC array does not suffer from the grating lobe problem even though it has a relative large element spacing of more than $1.0{\lambda}_0$.

패브리 패롯형 공진기 안테나의 스캔특성에 대하여 공진기내에 위치하는 $4{\times}1$ thinned 배열 급전에 대하여 분석하였다. FPC 배열 안테나는 높은 이득과 낮은 부엽 레벨을 갖는다. 그러나 스캔각도는 유사 구조의 패치 배열 안테나보다 약 14-17% 작은 값을 나타낸다. 이는 FPC 구조에서 존재하는 상호 커플링 특성 때문이다. 개방형 배열과는 달리 FPC 배열 구조는 1.0 파장 간격이상의 요소간의 거리에서도 그레이팅 로브가 생성되지 않는 장점을 나타내었다.

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