An array of two periodic leaky-wave antennas with sum and difference beam scanning for application in target detection and tracking

Mianfeng HUANG; Juhua LIU

doi:10.1631/FITEE.2200473

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An array of two periodic leaky-wave antennas with sum and difference beam scanning for application in target detection and tracking

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- An array of two periodic leaky-wave antennas with sum and difference beam scanning for application in target detection and tracking
- 一种应用于目标检测和跟踪的和差波束扫描的双周期漏波天线阵列
- Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering Vol. 24, Issue 4, Pages: 567-581(2023)
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  1.School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  2.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing Chips and Systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- DOI：10.1631/FITEE.2200473
  CLC： TN82
- Received：16 October 2022，
  
  Accepted：02 February 2023，
  
  Published：0 April 2023
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Mianfeng HUANG, Juhua LIU. An array of two periodic leaky-wave antennas with sum and difference beam scanning for application in target detection and tracking[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2023, 24(4): 567-581.
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Mianfeng HUANG, Juhua LIU. An array of two periodic leaky-wave antennas with sum and difference beam scanning for application in target detection and tracking[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2023, 24(4): 567-581. DOI： 10.1631/FITEE.2200473.

摘要

本文提出一种两个基片集成波导（SIW）周期性漏波天线（LWA）组成的天线阵列，该阵列具有和差波束扫描功能，可应用于目标检测和跟踪。阵列由两个具有不同周期的漏波天线组成，其中每个漏波天线通过

=-1空间谐波辐射产生窄波束。这两个漏波天线因为具有不同的周期所以可产生两个不同方向的波束。当对阵列进行同相馈电时，这两个波束将组合成和波束；当对阵列进行反相馈电时，两个波束则组合成差波束。我们设计了集成180°混合网络的阵列，并对其加工与实测。实测结果显示阵列的和波束增益最高可达15.9 dBi，和波束扫描范围为-33.4°至20.8°。在扫描范围内，差波束中的零点方向与和波束的辐射方向角一致，最低的零点深度为-40.8 dB。实测结果表明该天线阵列具有优异的性能，能够为目标检测和跟踪应用提供一种低复杂度和低成本的替代解决方案。

Abstract

An array of two substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) periodic leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) with sum and difference beam scanning is proposed for application in target detection and tracking. The array is composed of two periodic LWAs with different periods

in which each LWA generates a narrow beam through the

=-1 space harmonic. Due to the two different periods for the two LWAs

two beams with two different directions can be realized

which can be combined into a sum beam when the array is fed in phase or into a difference beam when the array is fed 180° out of phase. The array integrated with 180° hybrid is designed

fabricated

and measured. Measurement results show that the sum beam can reach a gain up to 15.9 dBi and scan from -33.4° to 20.8°. In the scanning range

the direction of the null in the difference beam is consistent with the direction of the sum beam

with the lowest null depth of -40.8 dB. With the excellent performance

the antenna provides an alternative solution with low complexity and low cost for target detection and tracking.

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