SIW-Based Leaky-Wave Antenna Supporting Wide Range of Beam Scanning Through Broadside

TLDR: In this article, a substrate integrated waveguide-based leaky-wave antenna with wide beam scanning is presented to mitigate open stopband (OSB), which can scan from −49° to +69° through broadside because of wide impedance matching.

Abstract: In this letter, a substrate integrated waveguide-based leaky-wave antenna with wide beam scanning is presented to mitigate open stopband (OSB). The unit cell of this proposed antenna consists of a longitudinal slot and a post placed oppositely offset from the center line. By introducing inductive post along with the longitudinal slot in each unit cell, the OSB is suppressed resulting in continuous beam scanning. An equivalent circuit of the proposed unit cell is developed to explain the impedance matching technique used here to suppress OSB. Dispersion diagram is also used to analyze this seamless scanning. This antenna can scan from –49° to +69° through broadside because of wide impedance matching. Finally, the antenna is prototyped and experimentally verified. Measured results are in accord with simulated results. This antenna provides maximum gain of 14.2 dBi and low level of cross polarization.