Properties of cavity-backed slot-ring antennas at 95 GHz

被引:4
作者
Nolen, S [1 ]
Harvey, TE [1 ]
Reintsema, CD [1 ]
Grossman, EN [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO USA
来源
PASSIVE MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING TECHNOLOGY V | 2001年 / 4373卷
关键词
slot-ring; annular slot; ring-slot; millimeter wave;
D O I
10.1117/12.438144
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Slot-ring antennas with planar backshorts designed for operation at 95 GHz have been fabricated and their properties measured. Using optical lithography, we fabricated the slot-ring antennas, along with integrated niobium thin-film bolometers, on dielectrically thin (50 mum) silicon substrates. We have performed a theoretical analysis of the slot-ring antennas with planar backshorts and compared the theoretical results with our measured beam patterns. The measured antenna patterns have highly circular main beams with full -3 dB beamwidths of 21 degrees. The patterns have low sidelobe levels of about -15 dB in the H-plane and below -25 dB in the E-plane and a directivity of 17 dB. We are investigating a focal-plane array of slot-ring antenna-coupled bolometers for use in a concealed-weapons imaging system.
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页数:9
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