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Propagation Characteristics of Honeycomb Structures Used in mm-Wave Radial Line Slot Antennas
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Honeycomb structures are widely used in aerospace industry because of the lightweight and durable properties they provide. Here we propose to use a honeycomb core as the wave guiding structure in Radial Line Slot Antennas (RLSAs). This paper quantifies the propagation characteristics, especially the loss due to the honeycomb. At 32GHz, by choosing the proper cell size, both good isotropy and reasonably low effective dielectric constants are realized with the honeycomb as a spacer in a radial line waveguide. To estimate the material loss factor, several methods are compared and a factor of about 0.014∼0.018dB/mm is predicted and measured. A fabricated 90cm diameter honeycomb RLSA suffers about a 3.5∼5dB loss, which coincides with the estimates using the predicted loss factor.
- Publication
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E97-B No.6 pp.1139-1147
- Publication Date
- 2014/06/01
- Publicized
- Online ISSN
- 1745-1345
- DOI
- 10.1587/transcom.E97.B.1139
- Type of Manuscript
- PAPER
- Category
- Antennas and Propagation
Authors
Tung NGUYEN
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rushanthi JAYAWARDENE
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kimio SAKURAI
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jiro HIROKAWA
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Makoto ANDO
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Manuel SIERRA CASTAÑER
Universidad Polit'ecnica de Madrid
Osamu AMANO
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Shuichi KOREEDA
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Takaomi MATSUZAKI
NEC-Toshiba Space Systems
Yukio KAMATA
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of JAXA
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Tung NGUYEN, Rushanthi JAYAWARDENE, Kimio SAKURAI, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO, Manuel SIERRA CASTAÑER, Osamu AMANO, Shuichi KOREEDA, Takaomi MATSUZAKI, Yukio KAMATA, "Propagation Characteristics of Honeycomb Structures Used in mm-Wave Radial Line Slot Antennas" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E97-B, no. 6, pp. 1139-1147, June 2014, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E97.B.1139.
Abstract: Honeycomb structures are widely used in aerospace industry because of the lightweight and durable properties they provide. Here we propose to use a honeycomb core as the wave guiding structure in Radial Line Slot Antennas (RLSAs). This paper quantifies the propagation characteristics, especially the loss due to the honeycomb. At 32GHz, by choosing the proper cell size, both good isotropy and reasonably low effective dielectric constants are realized with the honeycomb as a spacer in a radial line waveguide. To estimate the material loss factor, several methods are compared and a factor of about 0.014∼0.018dB/mm is predicted and measured. A fabricated 90cm diameter honeycomb RLSA suffers about a 3.5∼5dB loss, which coincides with the estimates using the predicted loss factor.
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AU - Osamu AMANO
AU - Shuichi KOREEDA
AU - Takaomi MATSUZAKI
AU - Yukio KAMATA
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AB - Honeycomb structures are widely used in aerospace industry because of the lightweight and durable properties they provide. Here we propose to use a honeycomb core as the wave guiding structure in Radial Line Slot Antennas (RLSAs). This paper quantifies the propagation characteristics, especially the loss due to the honeycomb. At 32GHz, by choosing the proper cell size, both good isotropy and reasonably low effective dielectric constants are realized with the honeycomb as a spacer in a radial line waveguide. To estimate the material loss factor, several methods are compared and a factor of about 0.014∼0.018dB/mm is predicted and measured. A fabricated 90cm diameter honeycomb RLSA suffers about a 3.5∼5dB loss, which coincides with the estimates using the predicted loss factor.
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