Broadband CPW Feed for Millimeter-Wave SIW-Based Antipodal Linearly Tapered Slot Antennas

To achieve broadband performances in the millimeter-wave range, antipodal linearly tapered slot antenna (ALTSA) designs with new combined substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and regular coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeds are presented and studied. This feed structure eliminates the fabrication of air bridges in direct CPW-fed tapered slot antennas (TSAs). Two millimeter-wave design techniques are introduced for the selected 41–61 GHz and 90–120 GHz frequency ranges, demonstrating very good impedance match and nearly constant gain, beamwidth, and cross-polarization levels over bandwidths of 39% and 28%, respectively. The design procedure is validated by comparing simulated results with measurements performed on a 21–31 GHz (38% bandwidth) prototype. Very good agreement between measured and calculated performance characteristics is obtained with only cross-polarization levels slightly higher than predicted. The structural design parameters and dimensions of all three designs are given.

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