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Title:	Linearly tapered slot antenna
Author:	Tumialan, Luis Alberto
View Online:	njit-etd1996-100 (x, 71 pages ~ 2.3 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Electrical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Niver, Edip (Committee chair) Whitman, Gerald Martin (Committee member) Rosenstark, Sol (Committee member)
Date:	1996-01
Keywords:	Antennas (Electronics) Strip transmission lines.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Design procedure for Linearly Tapered Slot Antennas (LTSA) has been developed and implemented using High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) code based on a finite-element analysis. A CAD study of two variations of a LISA based on either a stripline or a microstrip feed has been carried out. Circular and radial stubs have been considered in these designs for an antenna operating at 10 Ghz. LTSA on a Duroid substrate fed by a stripline has been designed to operate with better than 12 dB return loss. Fabricated antenna was characterized and had even a wider response than the CAD design. Radiation patterns also were measured for this antenna. Furthermore, microstripline-fed LTSA designs were made. Further work on a low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate LTSA antennas and their arrays has been suggested.