Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications

A cavity-backed slot antenna for airborne broadband Ka-band applications based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) technology is proposed in this paper. The antenna features a novel slot with a shorting-via and is fed through a coplanar waveguide, resulting in good bandwidth and gain. The antenn...

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Main Authors: Zhenyang Ma, Zonglin Wang, Zhaobin Duan
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10689591/
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description A cavity-backed slot antenna for airborne broadband Ka-band applications based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) technology is proposed in this paper. The antenna features a novel slot with a shorting-via and is fed through a coplanar waveguide, resulting in good bandwidth and gain. The antenna is excited by the TE310 mode, TE130 mode, and the hybrid mode of TE310 and TE120 mode in the cavity, leading to resonant frequencies that are close to each other, thereby enhancing the impedance bandwidth. A prototype was fabricated and measured. The measurement results show that the antenna operates at 27.58-32.71 GHz, with an absolute bandwidth of 5.13 GHz, the relative bandwidth of 17.02%. The peak gain of the antenna reaches 11.5 dBi. Compared with the traditional designs, such as rectangular or simple slots with shorting-vias, the proposed antenna achieves varying degrees of improvement in both relative bandwidth and gain. The antenna features a compact size (14 mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 12.8$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 0.787$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm), wide bandwidth, high gain, and low profile. It is well-suited for broadband Ka-band applications.
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spelling doaj-art-d98bbff15e354038b6154252a07e69b12025-08-20T02:33:55ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011217470517471210.1109/ACCESS.2024.346692710689591Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band ApplicationsZhenyang Ma0Zonglin Wang1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0539-6964Zhaobin Duan2Institute of Science and Technology Innovation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, ChinaSchool of Safety and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, ChinaInstitute of Science and Technology Innovation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, ChinaA cavity-backed slot antenna for airborne broadband Ka-band applications based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) technology is proposed in this paper. The antenna features a novel slot with a shorting-via and is fed through a coplanar waveguide, resulting in good bandwidth and gain. The antenna is excited by the TE310 mode, TE130 mode, and the hybrid mode of TE310 and TE120 mode in the cavity, leading to resonant frequencies that are close to each other, thereby enhancing the impedance bandwidth. A prototype was fabricated and measured. The measurement results show that the antenna operates at 27.58-32.71 GHz, with an absolute bandwidth of 5.13 GHz, the relative bandwidth of 17.02%. The peak gain of the antenna reaches 11.5 dBi. Compared with the traditional designs, such as rectangular or simple slots with shorting-vias, the proposed antenna achieves varying degrees of improvement in both relative bandwidth and gain. The antenna features a compact size (14 mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 12.8$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 0.787$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm), wide bandwidth, high gain, and low profile. It is well-suited for broadband Ka-band applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10689591/Broadband antennacavity-backed antennaKa-bandshorting-viasubstrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
spellingShingle Zhenyang Ma
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Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
IEEE Access
Broadband antenna
cavity-backed antenna
Ka-band
shorting-via
substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
title Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
title_full Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
title_fullStr Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
title_full_unstemmed Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
title_short Broadband SIW Cavity-Backed Novel Slot Antenna With a Shorting-Via for Ka-Band Applications
title_sort broadband siw cavity backed novel slot antenna with a shorting via for ka band applications
topic Broadband antenna
cavity-backed antenna
Ka-band
shorting-via
substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10689591/
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