Dual polarised antenna for THz space applications: Design and optimization
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Llombart, Nuria; Yurduseven, Ozan; Neto, Andrea; Lager, Ioan E.; Baselmans, Jochem
- Source
- 2014 44th European Microwave Conference Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European. :100-103 Oct, 2014
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Lenses
Apertures
Microstrip
Coplanar waveguides
Antenna arrays
Microwave antennas
- Language
The design of a dual polarized Leaky Lens Antenna is discussed. Its performance in case of two possible feeding structures consisting of either a microstrip or a coplanar waveguide is examined. The aperture efficiency is optimised by means of a parametric study concerning variable extension lengths. The optimised LLA shows high efficiency and clean symmetric patterns in both polarisations. The resulting antenna is intended to be integrated with a Kinetic Inductance Detector, this approach yielding a broadband THz detector with high potential for future space applications.