[Institution of Engineering and Technology 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) - London, UK (9-13 April 2018)] 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) - SIW Based Antenna Array with Power Equalization in Elevation Plane for 5G Base Stations

摘要： In this paper, we present a 5G base station phased array antenna concept based on the power flux equalization in the elevation plane. We designed an aperture- coupled microstrip patch sub-array fed by a substrate integrated waveguide to produce a cosecant radiation pattern in the elevation plane. The antenna is designed to be operational at frequencies around 28.5GHz, targeting a candidate 5G mm-wave frequency band. The dimensions of the cosecant antenna sub-array support wide-angle scanning of the final phased array antenna in the horizontal plane. The antenna exhibits good impedance and radiation properties in the scanning range +/- 45deg.