Wideband and Low-Profile H-Plane Ridged SIW Horn Antenna Mounted on a Large Conducting Plane

This communication presents a wide-band and low-profile H-plane horn antenna based on ridged substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) with a large conducting ground. The horn antenna is implemented in a single substrate with a thickness of 0.13 λ0 at the center frequency. Despite its low profile, the new H-plane horn antenna achieves a very wide bandwidth by employing an arc-shaped copper taper printed on the extended dielectric slab and a three-step ridged SIW transition. The ridged SIW is critical for widening the operation bandwidth and lowering the characteristic impedance so that an excellent impedance matching from the coaxial probe to the narrow SIW can be obtained over a wide frequency range. Measured VSWR of the fabricated horn antenna is below 2.5 from 6.6 GHz to 18 GHz. The antenna also exhibits stable radiation beam over the same frequency range. It is observed that measured results agree well with simulated ones.

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