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Appling Weighted Thinned Linear Array and Pattern Reconfigurable Elements to Extend Pattern Scanning Range of Millimeter Wave Microstrip Phased Array

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A weighted thinned linear array with pattern reconfigurable antenna elements is proposed to overcome the disadvantages of traditional millimeter wave phased arrays, such as, narrow scanning range, high grating lobes. The developed array can scan its main beam from φ = -76° to 76° in H-plane and has 3 dB beam coverage from φ = -88° to 88° with low grating lobes by shifting two operating states of the elements and adjusting the feed phases.

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  1. The Institute of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, People’s Republic of China

    Yan-Ying Bai, Shaoqiu Xiao, Bing-Zhong Wang & Zhuo-Fu Ding

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Bai, YY., Xiao, S., Wang, BZ. et al. Appling Weighted Thinned Linear Array and Pattern Reconfigurable Elements to Extend Pattern Scanning Range of Millimeter Wave Microstrip Phased Array. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 31, 1–6 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-009-9559-6

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