Filtering Antenna Array Based on Corrugated Vivaldi Elements
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Volume 71, issue 8, pp. 6546-6557
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This paper presents a band-pass filtering antenna array based on corrugated Vivaldi antenna elements and finline waveguides. The low-pass section of the filtering antenna element is realized by periodically corrugating the inner edges of the Vivaldi elements. The structure can be considered as a periodic transmission line that inherently acts as a low-pass filter. The high-pass section of the filtering element is realized by surrounding the corrugated slotline with a waveguide. The resulting antenna structure, a finline-fed Vivaldi element, exhibits a wide 1.2–3.1 GHz band-pass response with the upper band-stop rejection exceeding 20 dB up to 6 GHz. The filtering properties are almost independent of the scan angle. The active reflection coefficient is <-10 dB with beam-steering angles within θ = ±60° in the E- and D-planes, and <-6 dB in the H-plane. The operation of the filtering antenna element is confirmed by periodic unit-cell simulations and measuring a manufactured 6×6 array prototype.Description
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Kuosmanen, M, Holopainen, J, Ala-Laurinaho, J, Kiuru, T & Viikari, V 2023, 'Filtering Antenna Array Based on Corrugated Vivaldi Elements', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 71, no. 8, 10137447, pp. 6546-6557. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2023.3278879