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  • A Post-Wall Center-Feed Waveguide Circuit Consisting of T-Junctions for Reducing the Slot-Free Area in a Parallel Plate Slot Array Antenna

    Koh HASHIMOTO  Jiro HIROKAWA  Makoto ANDO  

     
    PAPER

      Vol:
    E93-C No:7
      Page(s):
    1047-1054

    A post-wall center-feed waveguide consisting of T-junctions is proposed for reducing the slot-free area of a parallel plate slot array antenna. The width of the slot-free area is reduced from 2.6 λ0 to 2.1 λ0. A sidelobe level in the E-plane is expected to be suppressed lower than that of the conventional center-feed antenna using cross-junctions. The method of moments with solid-wall replacement designs initially the T-junctions and HFSS including the post surfaces modifies only the reflection cancelling post. We have designed and fabricated a 61.25 GHz model antenna with uniform aperture illumination. The sidelobe level in the E-plane is suppressed to -9.5 dB while that of a conventional cross-junction type is -7.8 dB. Also, we suppress it to -13.8 dB by introducing a -8.3 dB amplitude tapered distribution in the array of the radiation slot pairs.