Magneto-electric dipole antenna array for 77 GHz automotive radar

IF 1.1 4区计算机科学 Q4 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI:10.1049/mia2.12445

Dinuo Bu, Shi-Wei Qu

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Abstract

A 1 × 4 magneto-electric dipole (ME dipole) antenna array for 77 GHz automotive radar is proposed. The ME dipole is fed by a fork-shaped microstrip line coupling through a dog-bone slot. To meet the requirements aimed at automotive radar applications, the beamwidths of the proposed antenna are well-designed. Specially, a method of adding passive elements on both sides of the array is proposed to increase the 3 dB beamwidth from ±34° to ±52° in azimuth. Additionally, in elevation, a 3 dB beamwidth of ±10° is achieved by designing the spacing between array elements. Moreover, based on low-loss printed circuit board substrates, radiation efficiency of the proposed array can reach approximately 90% at 77 GHz. Furthermore, a 4 × 4 array is established by arranging four 1 × 4 subarrays spacing 1.95 mm (half a free-space wavelength at 77 GHz) to study the interactions between subarrays for multiple input multiple output scenarios. A 1 × 4 and a 4 × 4 antenna prototypes are fabricated and measured to validate the correctness of this design. The results show that the proposed antenna is an eligible candidate for the medium- and short-range automotive radars.

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用于 77 千兆赫汽车雷达的磁电偶极子天线阵列

本文提出了一种用于 77 GHz 汽车雷达的 1 × 4 磁电偶极子（ME 偶极子）天线阵列。ME 偶极子由一条通过狗骨槽耦合的叉形微带线馈电。为满足汽车雷达应用的要求，对所提天线的波束宽度进行了精心设计。特别是提出了一种在阵列两侧添加无源元件的方法，可将方位角的 3 dB 波束宽度从 ±34° 增加到 ±52°。此外，在仰角，通过设计阵列元件之间的间距，实现了 ±10° 的 3 dB 波束宽度。此外，基于低损耗的印刷电路板基板，拟议阵列在 77 GHz 频率下的辐射效率可达到约 90%。此外，通过排列四个间距为 1.95 毫米（77 千兆赫自由空间波长的一半）的 1 × 4 子阵列，建立了 4 × 4 阵列，以研究多输入多输出情况下子阵列之间的相互作用。制作并测量了 1 × 4 和 4 × 4 天线原型，以验证该设计的正确性。结果表明，所提出的天线是中程和短程汽车雷达的理想候选天线。

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Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation 工程技术-电信学

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

5.90%

发文量

109

审稿时长

7 months

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