The invention relates to a single-layer wide-beam
patch antenna unit and a wide-angle scanning
phased array thereof, the
patch antenna unit comprises a single-layer
dielectric substrate, a radiator and the ground, the radiator is formed by symmetrically loading two pairs of L-shaped branches with grounding via holes in the center, a plurality of grounding via holes with top loading U-shaped strips and a pair of no-load U-shaped strips on the periphery of an E surface of a U-shaped groove patch. The L-shaped
branch widens the E-
plane wave beam by prolonging the current path, reducing the patch size and
coupling and exciting the center grounding through hole; ten grounding via holes of the top loading U-shaped strip adopt a parallel equivalent inverted F structure, a complementary conical wave beam is introduced through
resonance under the height of a single-layer substrate, and an E-
plane wave beam is broadened; the no-load U-shaped strip enhances the vertical current of the ten grounding through holes and guides the
surface wave, so that the half-power beam width of the E surface reaches 182 degrees. According to the 1 * n
phased array composed of the units, decoupling rectangular ring grooves are etched in a printing place, mutual
coupling lower than-16dB and 3dB wave
beam scanning with the width of + / -76 degrees are achieved, and the 1 * n
phased array has the remarkable advantages of being easy to
machine, low in profile, low in mutual
coupling and wide in scanning range.