Integrated Substrate Gap Waveguide Millimeter-wave Filtering Antenna
with Four Controllable Radiation Nulls
Abstract
This paper introduces a millimeter-wave Integrated Substrate Gap
Waveguide (ISGW) filtering antenna featuring four adjustable radiation
nulls, with two located in each of its upper and lower stop bands. These
nulls are tunable by altering the dimensions of stepped-impedance
resonators, complementary U-slots, and passive coplanar parasitic
patches. The antenna offers the benefits of individually adjustable
radiation nulls and the flexible modification of selectivity and gain
curve roll-off. Simulation results indicate the antenna operates at a
central frequency of 25.4 GHz, with a relative bandwidth of 14.3%
(23.76–27.04 GHz), and attains an average gain of 7.6 dBi.