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High dielectric constant EBG technology to avoid gratings lobes and scan blindness in array configurations

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  • Juan-Carlos Iriarte
  • Iñigo Ederra
  • Ramón Gonzalo

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High dielectric electromagnetic band gap (EBG) substrates can be used in patch antenna configurations to reduce size and mitigate substrate modes propagation with reasonable radiation efficiency values (ηrad > 0.55). Furthermore, EBG substrate structures applied in array configurations are able to avoid grating lobes and scan blindness phenomena as distance and coupling between patch antenna-radiating elements can be reduced at the same time. In this paper, a 2 × 2 array configuration using Zirconium Tin Titanate EBG substrate with high dielectric constant is presented. The array has been simulated showing 9 dB coupling reduction obtained by the inclusion of the EBG substrate in between the patch antennas placed to a distance lower than 0,5λ0. This short distance together with the coupling reduction results in a configuration which does not suffer from grating lobes and scan blindness problems, obtaining a 30º scan angle for the 2 × 2 configuration which is the maximum achievable angle due to a 2 × 2 array factor. A scan angle larger than 70º can be seen for the infinite configuration.

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  • Juan-Carlos Iriarte & Iñigo Ederra & Ramón Gonzalo, 2013. "High dielectric constant EBG technology to avoid gratings lobes and scan blindness in array configurations," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(18), pages 2341-2354, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tewaxx:v:27:y:2013:i:18:p:2341-2354
    DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2013.848174
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