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Loss of Post-Wall Waveguides and Efficiency Estimation of Parallel-Plate Slot Arrays Fed by the Post-Wall Waveguide in the Millimeter-Wave Band

Yuanfeng SHE, Thi Huong TRAN, Koh HASHIMOTO, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO

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This paper presents the loss factors in the post-wall waveguide-fed parallel-plate slot array antenna in the millimeter-wave band. At first, transmission loss is evaluated per unit length by measuring the losses of post-wall waveguides on various substrates with different thicknesses in different bands. Measured results of the frequency dependence agree with theoretical predictions using the effective conductivity and the complex permittivity obtained by the whispering gallery mode resonator method. Then the authors evaluate the antennas with various sizes at 76.5 GHz. The antenna efficiency is evaluated by taking into account the loss factors related to: the transmission loss both in the feed and the parallel plate waveguides, the aperture efficiency and the insertion loss and the reflection of the transition. Also, the loss due to the locally-perturbed currents by the slot radiation is evaluated. The sum of the losses in the prediction quantitatively agrees with the measurement.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E94-C No.3 pp.312-320
Publication Date
2011/03/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.E94.C.312
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Microwaves, Millimeter-Waves

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