Thin-substrate phase correction slot-line planar horn antenna

Abstract

The invention provides a thin-substrate phase correction slot-line planar horn antenna and relates to a horn antenna. The thin-substrate phase correction slot-line planar horn antenna comprises a micro-strip feeder line (2), a horn antenna body (3) and multiple slot-line horns (4) which are located on a dielectric substrate (1), wherein the horn antenna body (3) consists of a first metal plane (7), a second metal plane (8) and two rows of metalized via hole horn side walls (9). The horn antenna body (3) is provided with metalized via hole arrays (11) and dielectric-loaded waveguides (14), and each of the dielectric-loaded waveguides (14) on the caliber face (10) of the horn antenna body (3) is connected with one of the slot-line horns (4). Electromagnetic waves can reach to the slot-line horns in an in-phase mode and then are radiated, and the polarization direction of a radiation field is parallel to the substrate. The thin-substrate phase correction slot-line planar horn antenna can be manufactured by using the thin substrate and is high in gain, low in cost and compact in structure.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a horn antenna, in particular to a planar horn antenna with thin substrate phase correction slot line. Background technique [0002] Horn antennas are widely used in systems such as satellite communications, ground microwave links, and radio telescopes. However, the huge geometric size of the three-dimensional horn antenna restricts its application and development in planar circuits. In recent years, the proposal and development of substrate-integrated waveguide technology have greatly promoted the development of planar horn antennas. The substrate-integrated waveguide has the advantages of small size, light weight, easy integration and fabrication. The planar substrate-integrated waveguide horn antenna based on the planar substrate-integrated waveguide not only has the characteristics of the horn antenna, but also realizes the miniaturization and light weight of the horn antenna, and is easy to integrate in the microwave a...

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Problems solved by technology

Some existing antennas load a patch in front of the planar horn antenna to improve the radiation of the thin substrate planar horn antenna, but the size of the loaded patch is large and the working frequency band is narrow

In addition, the gain of the traditional substrate-integrated waveguide planar horn antenna is relatively low. The reason is that due to the continuous opening of the horn mouth, the phase is out of sync when the electromagnetic wave propagates to the horn aperture surface, and the radiation directivity and gain are reduced.

At present, methods such as dielectric loading and dielectric prisms have been used to correct the horn aperture field, but these phase alignment structures increase the overall structural size of the antenna

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