2020-07-27
Low-Cost Comb-Line-Fed Microstrip Antenna Arrays with Low Sidelobe Level for 77 GHz Automotive Radar Applications
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 94, 179-187, 2020
Abstract
In this paper, we design and fabricate a side lobe comb-line fed microstrip antenna array at the frequency of 77 GHz. This antenna can be used in car and also in peripheral protection radars. To design the antenna, a radiating microstrip element on a simple sublayer is first designed and optimized in order to have desirable specification at 77 GHz. Secondly, a one-dimensional array is formed using a row of microstrip antenna array with 32 serried elements. Finally, a two-dimensional antenna array with 16 rows is fabricated and subsequently fed with a waveguide to complete the antenna design.
Citation
Soheil Yasini, Karim Mohammadpour-Aghdam, and Mahmoud Mohammad-Taheri, "Low-Cost Comb-Line-Fed Microstrip Antenna Arrays with Low Sidelobe Level for 77 GHz Automotive Radar Applications," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 94, 179-187, 2020.
doi:10.2528/PIERM19110205
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