A wide-band dual-pol connected array of printed dipoles
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Cavallo, D., Neto, A., Gerini, G., & Toso, G. (2009). A wide-band dual-pol connected array of printed dipoles. In Proceedings IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2009. APSURSI '09, 1-5 June 2009, Charleston, USA (pp. IF114.1-1/1). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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A Wide Band Dual-Pol Connected Array of Printed Dipoles
D. Cavallo(1), A. Neto (1), G. Gerini(1) , G. Toso(2)
(1) TNO Defence, Security and Safety, The Hague, The Netherlands (2) ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
The realization of wide band, wide scanning angle, phased arrays with good cross-polarization performance has been the object of many recent investigations. Although tapered slot antennas have very broad bandwidth, they are known to produce high cross polarization components, especially in the diagonal cut (45o). On the other hand, conventional phased array using discrete radiating elements can achieve only moderate bandwidths (~25%). A novel trend in this field is the use of planar long dipole or slot antennas periodically fed to effectively achieve an amplitude and phase aperture distribution without necessarily using separate antenna elements. Thanks to the planarity of the radiators, the low cross-polarization level is among the most important features of such antenna solutions. However, if wide scanning is required, connected dipoles show better performance than slots (A. Neto et al., IEEE AP, to be published).
A prototype array of connected dipoles for dual polarized application in the X-band (6-9 GHz) has been manufactured. The array is dual polarized with 8×8 elements for each polarization (128). The impedance transformation from the wave impedance of the free space, 377 Ohms, at the aperture level, to 50 Ohms at the connector, is performed with two wavelengths long transmission lines, printed on vertical printed circuit boards in a egg-crate configuration (Fig. 1). A complex transition from coplanar striplines (CPS) to coplanar waveguide (CPW) to microstrip (MS) performs the balanced to unbalanced conversion, together with a wideband impedance transformation. Common modes excited in the vertical feeding lines when pointing at wide angles worsen the radiation patterns and polarization purity. An innovative solution based on aperture coupling is proposed to improve scanning performance.
