An Ultra Wideband Wide Beam Strip line Fed Taper Slot Antenna for Active Phased Array Jammer
Gaurav Dwivedi
Gaurav Dwivedi, Electronics & Communication Department, Gyan Vihar School of Engineering. & Technology, Jaipur,, India.
Manuscript received on August 03, 2012. | Revised Manuscript received on August 25, 2012. | Manuscript published on June 30, 2012. | PP: 124-126 | Volume-1 Issue-6, August 2012. | Retrieval Number: F0598071612/2012©BEIESP
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Abstract: Multi octave bandwidth, wide scanning angle, small interelement spacing and mutual coupling between elements are some of the requirements of Active Phased Array (APA) used for EW Jammer applications. Taper Slot Antenna (TSA) represents a class of antenna elements which is capable enough to meet all these requirements. Keeping the properties of TSA in mind, a Strip line fed Taper Slot Antenna (TSA) has been designed and fabricated to serve as an Antenna element over a large bandwidth from 6 to 18 GHz for an Active Phased Array (APA). This Antenna Element exhibits some attractive features like wide beam width over a wide bandwidth, Gain for a high ERP, compactness and less mutual coupling. The simulated as well as the measured radiation pattern and VSWR have been presented and discussed in this paper. The Antenna element has been designed and optimized in CST Microwave.
Keywords: Taper Slot Antenna (TSA), Beam width, Strip line, Active Phased Array (APA), ECM.