Design and Analysis of a 170 GHz Antenna for Millimeter-wave Applications
Abstract
Microstrip patch antennas are low-profile and robust when mounted on rigid surfaces of the devices making them suitable for communication and millimeter-wave applications. In this paper, an antenna is designed for the resonant frequency of 170 GHz using microstrip technology concerning its miniaturization and cost-effectiveness. The designed antenna is a part of a stray radiation detection system for ECE diagnostic to be installed on fusion research machine ITER. It offers low-directivity to receive radiation from all directions, high bandwidth, low side-lobe-level and return loss of -50 dB, leading to its remarkable utilization in the detection system being designed to protect millimeter wave components of ITER ECE Diagnostic. Power-handling and power-capturing capability of the designed antenna have also been discussed in the paper. Far-field simulations have been performed using CST Microwave Studio software to study the radiation characteristics of the designed antenna.
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@article{arxiv.2208.10075,
title = {Design and Analysis of a 170 GHz Antenna for Millimeter-wave Applications},
author = {Sheetal Punia and Suman Danani and Hitesh B. Pandya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10075},
year = {2022}
}