Millimeter-Wave Pencil Beam Leaky-Wave Antenna

Abstract: Moving into higher frequencies, in occurrence withmodern applications, poses the issue of higher attenuation ofelectromagnetic waves, which in turn demand more directiveantennas. This paper proposes a directive antenna designoperating at 30GHz based on leaky-wave technology. Themodel consists of two main components. Firstly, a corrugatedparallel plate waveguide serves the purpose of controlling thepropagation of electromagnetic waves, in particular the guidedwavelength. Secondly, an array of continuous transverse stubsare implemented in the parallel plate waveguide, which allowsfor radiation into free space and gives a directive beam due tothe array configuration. Dispersive properties of the waveguideare studied to select appropriate dimensions for the corrugationsand optimization of the transverse stub dimensions is performedby a unit cell parameter analysis. The proposed design producepencil beam radiation in the broadside direction with a gain of24:5 dBi and a