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Grating Lobe Suppression for Wideband Large-Spacing Beam Scanning Array Using Subarray Null Adjustable Method

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Xiang-Lin Ye
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Yu Zeng
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Xiao Ding *
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2022.3211641delete
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Abstract

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In this letter, a subarray null adjustable method is proposed to solve the grating lobe problem for wideband large-spacing beam scanning arrays. With the reshaped subarray by this method, large null depths of the pattern are formed to align with the grating lobe regions. The proposed reflective phase shifter loaded four varactors adjusts these nulls continuously, accurately and flexibly. Then, a wide-angle coverage of continuous nulls sufficiently suppress grating lobes in the whole bandwith. A two-element subarray with the bandwidth of 40% (2.8-4.2 GHz) is introduced, and an 8 x 4 planar array formed by this subarray is fabricated and measured as the verification prototype. Finally, the proposed planar beam scanning array realizes grating-lobe-free scanning of +/- 45 degrees in the yoz-plane (with the array spacing of one wavelength at the highest frequency) and +/- 53 degrees in the xoz-plane over the entire wideband range, respectively.
Keywords:
Grating lobes
large-spacing array
scanning array
wideband antenna

Journal

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters cover
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
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4.8
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Citations:
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