Bandwidth analysis of highly-directive planar radiators based on partially-reflecting surfaces
Abstract
In this work, bandwidth properties of planar leaky-wave antennas made of a grounded dielectric slab covered with a partially-reflecting surface are investigated. The partially-reflecting surface is described by an equivalent shunt susceptance. It is shown that, with respect to a constant frequency-independent susceptance, the antenna bandwidth is not reduced using a frequency-dependent model, except for very specific cases. With reference to passive lossless structures, numerical examples are provided that illustrate the attainable performance and confirm the theoretical analysis.
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