An Equivalent Double Layer Model for a Fast Design and Analysis of High Gain-Multilayer Radial Line Slot Antennas

Tung NGUYEN  Rushanthi JAYAWARDENE  Yasutomo TAKANO  Kimio SAKURAI  Jiro HIROKAWA  Makoto ANDO  Osamu AMANO  Shuichi KOREEDA  Takaomi MATSUZAKI  Yukio KAMATA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E96-B   No.11   pp.2891-2900
Publication Date: 2013/11/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2891
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Antennas and Propagation
Keyword: 
satellite application,  high gain,  method of moments,  honeycomb,  multilayer,  radial line slot antenna,  

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Summary: 
Light weight RLSAs with a honeycomb-type parallel plate are promising candidates for satellite antennas. However, the design of slot lengths and positions in honeycomb RLSAs consisting of a core, skin and adhesive layers involves time-consuming EM analysis. In this paper, an equivalent double layer model is devised for fast slot coupling analysis by the Method of moments (MoM) together with a simplified array design procedure. A fabricated antenna with a diameter of 900mm demonstrates the high directivity of 48.3dBi and a gain of 44.6dBi at 32GHz, with the reflection below -15dB. This antenna weighs only 1.16kg.