Single-Beam Leaky-Wave Antenna With Lateral Continuous Scanning Functionality Based on Spoof Surface Plasmon Transmission Line

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 25225 - 25231
• Main Authors: Liu, Leilei, Chen, Minghong, Cai, Jianing, Yin, Xiaoxing, Zhu, Lei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Antennas; Communications systems; Conductors; Continuous beams; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency ranges; Harmonic analysis; lateral radiation; Leaky wave antennas; Leaky waves; Leaky-wave antenna; Periodic structures; Plasmons; Scanning; single-conductor transmission line; spoof surface plasmon; Surface waves; Transmission lines

A continuous beam scanning leaky-wave antenna (LWA) supporting lateral radiation is proposed in this paper. It is based on a spoof surface plasmon (SSP) transmission line (TL) which is a single-layer conductor structure. The proposed SSP TL is slotted periodically with rectangular holes on the metal...