Development of A Compact and Low Profile ‎Cavity Backed Slot Antenna Using Microstrip ‎Gap Waveguide Technology

Moghimizideh, Azin; Razavi Parizi, Seyed Ali; Ostovarzadeh, Mohammad Hossein

doi:10.22070/jce.2019.3799.1112

Development of A Compact and Low Profile ‎Cavity Backed Slot Antenna Using Microstrip ‎Gap Waveguide Technology

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, &lrm;Iran

² Department of electrical and computer engineering, Graduate university of advanced technology, Kerman, Iran

10.22070/jce.2019.3799.1112

Abstract

Proof of concept of a cavity backed slot antenna based on inverted microstrip gap ‎waveguide (IMGW) technology is presented. Since the antenna is operating based on the ‎first resonating mode of the cavity, it is more compact compared to the ordinary cavity ‎backed slot antennas in which the second cavity mode is used for radiation. Furthermore, ‎the proposed antenna element introduces lower losses compared to a microstrip patch ‎thanks to the surface wave suppression and lower dielectric loss of the air filled IMGW ‎cavity. A sample antenna is designed and fabricated to operate at 9.6GHz and quite good ‎agreement between simulation and measurement results is observed.‎

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