[IEEE 2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD) - Madrid, Spain (2018.9.26-2018.9.28)] 2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD) - Initial Design of Phase-Frequency Scanned Array Using CRLH Leaky-Wave Antennas

摘要： Initial design of phase-frequency scanned array using composite right/left-handed (CRLH) waveguide leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) is studied in this paper. The array consists of 32 frequency scanning CRLH LWAs that are fed by a phased feed system. Two-dimensional (2D) beam steering capability is achieved in the plane normal to the array aperture and verified by the full-wave simulations. This array is capable of scanning to 61° from backward to forward directions in the frequency-scan plane and 17° in the phase-scan plane. The beamwidth is approximately 2° with ?20 dB sidelobe level (SLL) in the frequency-scan plane and 2.5° with maximum ?10 dB SLL in the phase-scan plane. Compared with traditional 2D scanning array, the feed system of this phase-frequency scanned array can be simplified significantly.