Wideband Single-Layer Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filtering Antenna With U-Shaped Slots

Abstract

A wideband single-layer substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filtering slot antenna with compact structure is investigated, which is originated from a SIW resonant cavity operating at its TE <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">110</sub> mode. A straight radiating slot is integrated on the top surface of the cavity. The resonator can be splitted into two half-mode resonators, generating a radiation null at higher edge of the passband. At same time, two U-shaped slots are etched on the bottom surface of the cavity. One of the U-shaped slots is used to introduce a radiation null at the left edge of the passband while the other U-shaped slot introduces the modified half-TE <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">110</sub> mode in the right half cavity, broadening the bandwidth of the antenna. Finally, the third-order filtering antenna is obtained with 11.84% impedance bandwidth in only one SIW resonant cavity. To validate design, a prototype is fabricated and measured. Compared with other designs, the proposed antenna owns features of simple structure, wide bandwidth, and compact size, satisfying the increasing requirement for the miniaturization and integration of RF devices.