High-Co and Low-Cross Polarization Measurements in a Miniaturized Ultra-Wideband Compact Array Antenna for Multi-Mission Radars

Authors A. Slimani1, T.S.N. Murthy2, S.D. Bennani1, I. Slimani3, Sudipta Das4 , M. Jorio1
Affiliations

1Intelligent Systems, Geo resources and Renewable Energies Laboratory, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco

2Department of ECE, JNTU-GV College of Engineering, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh-535003, India

3Resource Valuation, Environment and Sustainable Development Laboratory, National School of Mines, Rabat, Morocco

4Department of Electronics & Communication, IMPS College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal, India

Е-mail abdellatif.slimani@usmba.ac.ma
Issue Volume 15, Year 2023, Number 2
Dates Received 24 February 2023; revised manuscript received 1 April 2023; published online 27 April 2023
Citation A. Slimani, T.S.N. Murthy, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 15 No 2, 02010 (2023)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.15(2).02010
PACS Number(s) 84.40.Ba
Keywords Array antenna, Ultra-Wideband Communication, Polarization (6) , Radar (2) , Side lobes.
Annotation

This paper describes a simple methodology to obtain an Ultra-Wide Band characteristic with dual polarization and high radiation performance of a miniaturized compact array antenna for Multi-Mission C band Radars applications. The proposed array antenna is composed of a principal T-junction power divider and 32 circular radiating elements. It is manufactured on 1.58 mm thick FR 4 epoxy with miniaturized dimensions (110 mm x 214 mm x 1.58 mm). Design objective adopted in this work is to explore the Ultra-Wide Band characteristic and high radiation pattern performance consisting of high co-polarization at resonance frequencies and low cross-polarization for a miniaturized antenna structure that covers the entire C band. The intended design of the optimal proposed structure has been obtained after processing through many steps, starting from the basic antenna and its optimization to the final proposed array antenna structure. All the simulation investigations have been carried out using numerical methods and verified with measurement. The suggested array antenna is well miniaturized and it has good characteristics in terms of bandwidth (122 %), gain (15-24 dB), side lobes level and co-cross polarizations which are required in the majority of radars processing area.

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