Planar Dual-Polarization Bidirectional Multibeam Array Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Applications

Abstract

A millimeter-wave (mm-wave) dual-polarization bidirectional multibeam array antenna based on substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is presented in this article, which can generate 16 bidirectional radiation beams with two orthogonal linear polarizations. The proposed dual-polarization bidirectional multibeam array antenna, based on a new configuration, consists of two transverse slot array antennas (TSAAs), two longitudinal slot array antennas (LSAAs), and two dual-layer <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$8 \times 8$ </tex-math></inline-formula> Butler matrices (BMs). To realize dual polarizations, a new type of TSAA is designed and combined with a conventional LSAA. For the purpose of bidirectional radiation, two types of dual-polarization array antenna (DPAA), which are realized by combining different arrangements of the TSAA and the LSAA, is composited. In addition, a dual-layer <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$8 \times 8$ </tex-math></inline-formula> BM is developed, which can excite both the TSAA and the LSAA and generate dual-polarization bidirectional multibeam. Finally, the prototype of the planar dual-polarization bidirectional multibeam array antenna is fabricated, measured, and discussed. The measured results satisfactorily validate the simulated results.