0.7-20-GHz Dual-Polarized Bilateral Tapered Slot Antenna for EMC Measurements

Abstract

An asymmetric wideband dual-polarized bilateral tapered slot antenna (DBTSA) is proposed in this letter for wireless EMC measurements. The DBTSA is formed by two bilateral tapered slot antennas designed with low cross polarization. With careful design, the achieved DBTSA not only has a wide operating frequency band, but also maintains a single main-beam from 700 MHz to 20 GHz. This is a significant improvement compared to the conventional dual-polarized tapered slot antennas, which suffer from main-beam split in the high-frequency band. The innovative asymmetric configuration of the proposed DBTSA significantly reduces the field coupling between the two antenna elements, so that low cross polarization and high port isolation are obtained across the entire frequency range. All these intriguing characteristics make the proposed DBTSA a good candidate for a dual-polarized sensor antenna for wireless EMC measurements.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Center for High Performance Computing Research

Second Research Center/Lab

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory

Keywords and Phrases

Antennas; Frequency bands; Microwave antennas; Polarization; Dual-polarized; EMC measurements; Low cross polarization; Port isolation; Tapered slot antennas; Slot antennas; wireless EMC measurements

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0018-9375

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2014

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