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Although spiral antennas have undergone continuous development and refinement since Edwin Turner conceived them in 1954, only a few compact planar arrays exist. The shortcoming is even more significant when it comes to spiral antenna arrays in mode M2 operation. The present work addresses this issue, among other things. It presents two planar arrays of spiral antennas operating in the same frequency band and radiating for the first one an axial mode M1 and a conical mode M2 for the second. Both arrays are modeled, simulated, and fed with a corporate feeding network embedded in a dielectric substrate. It is shown that keeping the same topology, the array for conical M1 mode can be obtained from the array for mode M2 by a simple introduction of a phase shift on one branch of the feed and vice versa, providing thus the possibility to obtain in the same structure a spiral antenna array operating in both modes in the same frequency band simultaneously. Comparison between simulated and measured data shows good agreement.
A methodology for designing planar spiral antennas with a feeding network embedded within a dielectric is presented. To avoid a purely academic work which may not be manufactured with available standard technologies, the approach takes into account manufacturing process requirements by choice of used materials in the simulation. General design rules are provided. They encompass amongst others, selection criteria for dielectric material, aspects to consider when sketching the radiating element design, as well as those for the implementation of the feeding network. A rule of thumb, which maybe helpful in the determination of the antenna supporting substrate’s height, has been found. The appeal of the method resides in the fact that it eases up the design process and helps to minimize errors, saving time and money. The approach also enables the design of a compact and small-size spiral antenna as antenna-in-package (AiP), and provides the opportunity to assemble the antenna with other RF components/systems on the same layer stack or on the same integration platform.
On the influence of ground and substrate on the radiation characteristics of planar spiral antennas
(2022)
The unidirectional radiation of spiral antennas mounted on a substrate requires the presence of a ground plane. In this work, we successively illustrate the impact of dielectric material and ground plane on the key metrics of a planar equiangular spiral antenna (PESA). For this purpose, a PESA mounted on several substrates with different dielectric properties and thicknesses is modeled and simulated. We introduce the tertiary current flowing on spiral arms when backed by a ground plane.
Impact of a large distribution network on radiation characteristics of planar spiral antenna arrays
(2023)
Designing antenna arrays with a central feed point has gained ground in the antenna technique. This approach, which is usually applied because of manufacturing costs, is difficult to achieve and leads to a large feeding network. The impact of which is numerically investigated in the present work. Upon comparing three different antennas, it is shown that the enlargement of the feed strongly affects the antenna's overall dimensions and the antenna's radiation characteristics. The antenna with the plug-in solution is not only small in size but also performs better compared to antennas with a central feed point. Considering the high effort in designing the feed network with a central point and the influence of the resulting enlarged network on the dimensions and radiation characteristics of the antenna, the cost saving in production can be put into perspective.
A new planar compact antenna composed of two crossed Cornu spirals is presented. Each Cornu spiral is fed from the center of the linearly part of the curvature between the two spirals, which builds the clothoid. Sequential rotation is applied using a sequential phase network to obtain circular polarization and increase the effective bandwidth. Signal integrity issues have been addressed and designed to ensure high quality of signal propagation. As a result, the antenna shows good radiation characteristics in the bandwidth of interest. Compared to antennas of the same size in the literature, it is broadband and of high gain. Although the proposed antenna has been designed for K- and Ka-band operations, it can also be developed for lower and upper frequencies because of the linearity of the Maxwell equations.
This work presents a spiral antenna array, which can be used in the V- and W-Band. An array equipped with Dolph-Chebychev coefficients is investigated to address issues related to the low gain and side lobe level of the radiating structure. The challenges encountered in this achievement are to provide an antenna that is not only good matched but also presents an appreciable effective bandwidth at the frequency bands of interest. Its radiation properties including the effective bandwidth and the gain are analyzed for the W-Band.
The deterioration of the shielding performance of electromagnetic interference finger stock gaskets in a corrosive environment is investigated. The visualization of the real contact area shows a drastic reduction of the engaged active contact region between fingers and their mating surfaces in presence of corrosives residues. In fact, additional openings occur besides the “Tlike” holes due to the porous nature of gaskets. This leads to a strong degradation of the shielding effectiveness. Modified Bethe’s theory is used to estimate the equivalent circuit parameters while the shielding effectiveness in terms of ratio between two transfer functions is obtained upon applying the filter theory. Quantitative measurements carried out for different gasket types show a good agreement with calculated results, demonstrating thus the validity of the approach.