Magnetically scannable slotted waveguide antenna based on the ferrite with gain enhancement
Morteza Mohammadi Shirkolaei, Javad Ghalibafan
Abstract
In this paper, a ferrite-filled rectangular waveguide as a balanced composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line is considered. Based on the surface current density of dominant mode, a centerline longitudinal slot on the broad wall of this ferrite-filled rectangular waveguide can be radiate to the free space as a leaky-wave antenna (LWA). This proposed LWA has the both capability of the fixed-bias frequency scanning and fixed-frequency bias scanning from negative to positive angles. However, the gain of the centerline slotted ferrite-filled rectangular waveguide antenna is not acceptable. By adding another slot and changing the position of slots on the broad wall, the gain is improved to more than 9 dB in frequency range of 6.59–6.69 GHz.