Ultra-wideband trapezoidal log-periodic antenna integrated with an elliptical lens

Abstract

The design and implementation of an ultra-wideband trapezoidal log-periodic antenna (LPA) integrated with an elliptical dielectric lens are presented. The proposed LPA is fed by an ultra-wideband microstrip-to-coplanar stripline transition structure. In order to improve the radiation patterns and to increase the antenna gain, an elliptical dielectric lens is mounted on the top of the LPA radiator. The design parameters of the elliptical lens integrated with the LPA were optimized through a parametric analysis. The proposed antenna shows an impedance bandwidth (S11 ≤ −10 dB) from 5.2 to 40 GHz, with a peak gain of 17.8 dB.