ISSN 10642269, Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 504522.

Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Original Russian Text S.E. Bankov, G.G. Grachev, M.D. Duplenkova, E.V. Frolova, 2014, published in Radiotekhnika i Elektronika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 552571.

ANTENNA
AND FEEDER SYSTEMS

Design and Experimental Investigation of a Multibeam Integrated

Reflector Antenna of the Millimeter Wave Band
S. E. Bankov, G. G. Grachev, M. D. Duplenkova, and E. V. Frolova
Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences,
ul. Mokhovaya 11, str. 7, Moscow, 125009 Russia
email: sbankov@yandex.ru
Received December 16, 2013

AbstractA multibeam integrated reflector antenna operating in the millimeter wave band is considered.
The antenna consists of a radiating array, a planar mirror, and a multichannel feed. The results of simulation
of a radiating array of slots in a metal screen are presented. The array is manufactured on the basis of a
medium with forced refraction, including a doubleslot array, which can radiate along the normal to the array
plane. Operation of the array in the multibeam mode is analyzed. It is shown that application of a medium
with forced refraction increases the array aperture efficiency in this mode. The results of the design of a planar
twolayer mirror are presented and the mirrors quality indices are estimated. A multichannel radiator
designed as an array of planar Hplane horns is studied. The results of simulation of such a radiator with the
help of an approximate technique and numerical solution of an electromagnetic problem are considered. The
design of the multibeam antenna and its experimental characteristics are presented.
DOI: 10.1134/S1064226914060059

1. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM beam integrated reflector antenna (MIRA), which is

In the engineering adaptation of the millimeter and
submillimeter wave bands (MMWB and SMMWB),
the search for new design versions of integrated cir
cuits operating in these bands becomes a topical prob
lem. The need in such a search is caused by the fact
that integrated technology is a standard tool for
improvement of a group of important economical and
technological quality indices of radioengineering
devices. At the same time, application of standard
engineering solutions used in lower frequency bands,
for example, in the centimeter wave band, was found
to be inefficient in the MMWB and SMMWB because
of an unacceptable growth of the thermal loss in such
integrated transmission lines as a microstrip line, a
coplanar line, etc.
One of possible variants of solution of the problem
of thermal loss in the MMWB and SMMWB inte
grated circuits may be the abandonment of application
of integrated waveguides and application of spatial
transformations of the electromagnetic field with the
help of optical methods [1]. In this case, such transfor
mations are performed with the use of integrated (pla
nar) lenses, mirrors, prisms, or arrays. All together,
these devices form the circuitry of integrated micro
wave optics [2], which can be considered as a new line
in the science and technology of millimeter and sub
millimeter waves.
Devices of integrated microwave optics include
integrated quasioptical antennas, in particular,
reflector antennas. In this paper, we consider a multi
used for the surveillance in a certain sector of solid
angles. In one plane, the space is surveyed in parallel
by means of formation of a system of narrow beams. In
the other plane, the space is surveyed by means of fre
quency scanning of these beams. In this paper, we dis
cuss the MIRA design features, the results of the
design of its components, and the results of the exper
imental investigation of a prototype of this antenna
operating in the K wave band.
This MIRA was designed for application in a radio
imaging system operating under the following condi
tions:
(i) the center frequency is 36 GHz;
(ii) the coverage sectors in two principal planes are
60 and 20, respectively;
(iii) the operating frequency band is no more than
18%;
(iv) the minimum antenna gain 31 dB;
(v) the lobing beam crossover is 5 dB or higher.
The purpose of this paper is to develop a MIRA sat
isfying the formulated specifications. Here, we should
take into account that solution of the posed problem
requires application of new principles for the design of
basic antenna components. This requirement is pri
marily valid for the radiating array operating in the
multibeam mode. As a result, application of new com
ponents in a rather complex device requires also to
perform the analysis of the attainability in principle of
the posed goal with the help of the proposed engineer
ing solutions.

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