Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems
Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad; Virdee, Bal S.; Shukla, Panchamkumar; See, Chan Hwang; Abd-Alhameed, Raed; Falcone, Francisco; Quazzane, Karim; Limiti, Ernesto
Authors
Bal S. Virdee
Panchamkumar Shukla
Prof Chan Hwang See C.See@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Raed Abd-Alhameed
Francisco Falcone
Karim Quazzane
Ernesto Limiti
Abstract
A metamaterial photonic bandgap (MTM-PBG) periodic structure is used as a decoupling frame to improve the isolation between transmit–receive (T/R) sections of densely packed array antenna in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. With this technique the MTM-PBG structure is shown to effectively suppress surface wave propagations between the T/R array antennas by an average of 12dB. MTM-PBG layer comprises a periodic arrangement of dielectric circles etched in the cross-shaped microstrip frame that is inserted between the radiating elements. Unlike other recently reported methods, the advantages of the proposed technique are:(i) simplicity; (ii) cost effectiveness as there is no need for short-circuited via-holes or 3D metal walls; and (iii) can be retrofitted in existing array antennas. The proposed T/R array antennas were designed to operate over an arbitrary frequency range (9.25-11GHz) with a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 17.28%. With this technique (i) the side-lobes are reduced; (ii) there is minimal effect on the gain performance; and (iii) the minimum edge-to-edge gap between adjacent radiating elements can be reduced to 0.15at 9.25GHz.
Citation
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Shukla, P., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., Quazzane, K., & Limiti, E. (2020). Isolation Enhancement of Densely Packed Array Antennas with Periodic MTM-Photonic Bandgap for SAR and MIMO Systems. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 14(3), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0362
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 22, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 27, 2019 |
Publication Date | Feb 20, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Nov 27, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 27, 2019 |
Print ISSN | 1751-8725 |
Electronic ISSN | 1751-8733 |
Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 183-188 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2019.0362 |
Keywords | Metamaterial (MTM), photonic bandgap (PBG), periodic structures, surface wave suppression, isolation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2351381 |
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