Pattern-Reconfigurable Water Horn Antenna

A novel horn antenna is reported in this communication, which is realized by using water walls instead of traditional metallic walls. Due to its fluidity, water filling different channels can be readily controlled. Therefore, the proposed water horn antenna can operate in two states: H-plane horn st...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2021-08, Vol.69 (8), p.5084-5089
Main Authors: Ren, Zhen, Qi, Shi-Shan, Wu, Wen, Shen, Zhongxiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna radiation patterns
Antennas
Bandwidths
Horn antenna
Horn antennas
Leaky wave antennas
Leaky waves
Optical waveguides
reconfigurable antenna
Rectangular waveguides
Walls
water antenna
water waveguide
Wave propagation
Waveguide transitions
Wireless communications
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Summary:A novel horn antenna is reported in this communication, which is realized by using water walls instead of traditional metallic walls. Due to its fluidity, water filling different channels can be readily controlled. Therefore, the proposed water horn antenna can operate in two states: H-plane horn state and leaky-wave state, resulting in different radiation patterns. The energy bounding effects of a water layer are initially studied for choosing the suitable thickness of the water walls. EH mn modes are excited and can propagate along the water waveguide. The E -field and H -field distributions of the EH mn modes are similar to the TE and TM modes excited inside a metallic rectangular waveguide. Propagation constants of the EH mn modes have been extracted from simulation results, and it is found that a leaky wave can be excited. Measured results show that the proposed water horn antenna has an impedance bandwidth ( \vert \text{S}_{11}\vert < -10 dB) from 2.5 to 5.2 GHz (70.1% fractional bandwidth) for the H-plane horn state and from 2.6 to 5.7 GHz (74.7% fractional bandwidth) for the leaky-wave state. The proposed antenna achieves a maximum gain of 11.8 dBi for the H-plane horn and 7.7 dBi for leaky-wave state. The proposed water horn antenna has the advantages of reconfigurability and transparency, which may be potentially useful in many wireless communication applications.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2021.3064036