A novel leaky-wave antenna(LWA)utilizing spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SSPPs)excitation is proposed with continuous scanning range from endfire to forward.The designed transmission line unit supports two SSPPS mode...A novel leaky-wave antenna(LWA)utilizing spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SSPPs)excitation is proposed with continuous scanning range from endfire to forward.The designed transmission line unit supports two SSPPS modes,of which the 2nd order mode is applied in the design.A novel strategy has been devised to excite the spatial radiation of the-1st order harmonics by arranging periodic counter changed sinusoidal structures on both sides of the SSPPs transmission line.Both full-wave simulation and measurement results show that the proposed LWA presents wide scanning angle from endfire to forward.In the frequency range from 4 GHz to 10 GHz,LWAs achieve scanning from 90°to+20°,covering the entire backward quadrant continuously.展开更多
Two novel spherical helical antennas are designed by projecting the planar equiangular spiral antenna onto hemisphere and partial sphere surfaces.Their radiation properties are analyzed by the moment method with curve...Two novel spherical helical antennas are designed by projecting the planar equiangular spiral antenna onto hemisphere and partial sphere surfaces.Their radiation properties are analyzed by the moment method with curved basis and test function,and the curves of the voltage standing wave ratio(VSWR),gain,polarization and pattern that change with frequency are also given,respectively.It can be seen that the circular polarization band of the novel hemispherical helical antenna is broader.The gain curve of the partial spherical helical antenna is flatter and the structure is simpler.展开更多
文摘A novel leaky-wave antenna(LWA)utilizing spoof surface plasmon polaritons(SSPPs)excitation is proposed with continuous scanning range from endfire to forward.The designed transmission line unit supports two SSPPS modes,of which the 2nd order mode is applied in the design.A novel strategy has been devised to excite the spatial radiation of the-1st order harmonics by arranging periodic counter changed sinusoidal structures on both sides of the SSPPs transmission line.Both full-wave simulation and measurement results show that the proposed LWA presents wide scanning angle from endfire to forward.In the frequency range from 4 GHz to 10 GHz,LWAs achieve scanning from 90°to+20°,covering the entire backward quadrant continuously.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60471043).
文摘Two novel spherical helical antennas are designed by projecting the planar equiangular spiral antenna onto hemisphere and partial sphere surfaces.Their radiation properties are analyzed by the moment method with curved basis and test function,and the curves of the voltage standing wave ratio(VSWR),gain,polarization and pattern that change with frequency are also given,respectively.It can be seen that the circular polarization band of the novel hemispherical helical antenna is broader.The gain curve of the partial spherical helical antenna is flatter and the structure is simpler.
