Design of substrate integrated waveguide H-plane horn antenna with symmetric beamwidths

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dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Farzeen
dc.contributor.supervisorBornemann, J. (Jens)
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-16T14:38:51Z
dc.date.available2017-08-16T14:38:51Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-08-16
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science M.A.Sc.en_US
dc.description.abstractMillimeter-wave Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) technology presents itself as the most viable solution for the development of RF systems. It is a cost-e ective solution, suitable for mass production of such systems. Like planar circuits, SIW structures are compact, light weight and easy to fabricate. They also preserve some of the major advantages of metallic waveguides, namely, low loss, high quality factor and high power handling capabilities. In RF systems, rectangular waveguide horns have found various applications due to their exceptional radiation properties. From their simple construction, ease of ex- citation, usefulness and high gain, they are readily used as feed component in various RF systems, they also aid as the standardization for calibration and gain measure- ments of other high gain antennas. We are aware that, in an H-plane horn antenna, the rectangular waveguide is flared in the direction of the H-field. A large aperture in the H-plane presents the narrower half power beamwidth whereas a small aperture in the E-plane gives a wider beamwidth. In this research, the design of a SIW H- plane horn antenna with approximately symmetric half power beamwidths in both the E- and H-planes is proposed, using the commercially available electromagnetic field solver CST Microwave Studio to design and simulate proposed antenna characteristics and performance. Also, radiation patterns are analyzed and in order to validate the simulation results, measurements are performed on a fabricated prototype antenna.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8429
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectWave guidesen_US
dc.subjectRadio frequency identification systemsen_US
dc.subjectRadio frequency microelectromechanical systemsen_US
dc.subjectAntenna arraysen_US
dc.titleDesign of substrate integrated waveguide H-plane horn antenna with symmetric beamwidthsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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