The invention belongs to the technical field of antennas, and particularly relates to a
broadband and wide-angle scanning dual-circularly-polarized
circular waveguide antenna array. The unit of the
antenna array comprises a feed port, an
impedance matching structure, a circular
polarizer, a
metal waveguide wall and a
dielectric material filled in the
waveguide. The two feed ports correspond to left-hand
circular polarization and right-hand
circular polarization; the circular
polarizer converts linearly polarized electromagnetic
waves from a port into two electromagnetic
waves which are vertical in direction, equal in amplitude and 90-degree in
phase difference, and the two electromagnetic
waves are synthesized into circularly polarized electromagnetic waves; a conical
dielectric material is loaded at the junction of the
dielectric material and an
air interface, and smooth impedance conversion from
waveguide aperture impedance to
free space impedance is provided; and the
metal waveguide wall is provided with a conical
electromagnetic band gap structure at the waveguide opening. When the antenna works, a
signal of a port is changed into a circularly polarized
signal after passing through the
impedance matching section and the circular
polarizer, the circularly polarized
signal is radiated out at the waveguide opening, and the array can realize
broadband and wide-angle scanning due to the integration of the impedance gradual change structure and the
electromagnetic band gap structure.