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2017-05-10
Improvement of Radiation Characteristics of Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Using Trasformation Optics
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 56, 189-196, 2017
Abstract
Transformation optics is a convenient method to control paths of electromagnetic waves and radiation characteristics of antennas. In this paper, we try to increase the gain of Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (BAVA) over 8-16 GHz frequency band using an optical conformal transformation. The proposed antenna can be implemented by ordinary dielectric materials and graded photonic crystals (GPCs). In this designed BAVA, better side lobe level (SLL) and cross-polarization are achieved compared to a conventional BAVA. Simulation results validate the performance of the design approach.
Citation
Fatemeh Etesami, Shapur Khorshidi, Shaghayegh Shahcheraghi, and Alireza Yahaghi, "Improvement of Radiation Characteristics of Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Using Trasformation Optics," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 56, 189-196, 2017.
doi:10.2528/PIERM17013102
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