Title
Active vivaldi antenna timed-array for ultra-wideband 3D beamforming
Date Issued
01 August 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
de Oliveira A.M.
de Souza J.P.
da Silva A.M.
Perotoni M.B.
Becari W.
Justo J.F.
University of Mogi das Cruzes
Publisher(s)
Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
Abstract
Background: This paper presents a three-dimensional antenna array for electronic high-resolution beam spatial scanning. System and Design Structure: The system consists of five identical elements, arranged in a cross shape (3+3), where each element is formed by a Vivaldi planar antenna equipped with a Ultra Wide Band (UWB) pulse generator (PG), connected to a programmable delay circuit (PDC). The Vivaldi antennas were designed with copper and a Roger (RO3203) substrate, while the PG and PDC were designed using the 0.18µm CMOS Standard process. The project was designed in an integrated simulation environment (electric + electromagnetic), combining LTSpice 4, Micro Wind 3.5 and CST MW Studio 2011 design tools. Monte Carlo simulations showed fully consistent results with those of theoretical models. The main lobe has a gain of 13dB, 28° × 27° angular width, a beam steering between 31° and -24° for θ, and between 29° and -29° for the φ angles at 6.2GHz of center frequency.
Start page
121
End page
127
Volume
10
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de sistemas y comunicaciones
Telecomunicaciones
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84989244114
Source
Recent Patents on Engineering
ISSN of the container
18722121
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus