The authors proposed a switching beam slot array antenna with a 4-way Butler matrix. All are integrated in one substrate with post-wall waveguide techniques. The planar Butler matrix is realized by using short slot directional couplers (cross coupler). Experiments in 26GHz band confirmed the key operation of this antenna; almost identical four beams are switched to cover the total of horizontal 90-degree sector with equal angular spacing.
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Shin-ichi YAMAMOTO, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, "A Beam Switching Slot Array with a 4-Way Butler Matrix Installed in Single Layer Post-Wall Waveguides" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E86-B, no. 5, pp. 1653-1659, May 2003, doi: .
Abstract: The authors proposed a switching beam slot array antenna with a 4-way Butler matrix. All are integrated in one substrate with post-wall waveguide techniques. The planar Butler matrix is realized by using short slot directional couplers (cross coupler). Experiments in 26GHz band confirmed the key operation of this antenna; almost identical four beams are switched to cover the total of horizontal 90-degree sector with equal angular spacing.
URL: https://global.ieice.org/en_transactions/communications/10.1587/e86-b_5_1653/_p
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