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Development of broadband two-dimensional Rotman-lens multi-beam array antenna using multi-layer substrate

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H01440
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 21020:Communication and network engineering-related
Research InstitutionNagoya Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Sakakibara Kunio  名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (50359759)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
Keywordsアンテナ / ミリ波 / マルチビームアンテナ / 指向性走査 / 給電回路 / 多層基板 / 導波管 / 基板内導波管 / マルチビーム / 高周波回路 / 高周波基板 / ビーム切替 / ロットマンレンズ / 指向性切り換え
Outline of Final Research Achievements

A two-dimensional Rotman-lens multi-beam array-antenna was developed by using five-layer substrates of fluoro-carbon resin film with 1 mm thickness. Following three techniques are developed; (1) a two-dimensional Rotman-lens in which an H-plane Rotman-lens for power distribution for each layer and an E-plane Rotman-lens for power distribution in the layer direction, (2) a transmission-line transitions from a hollow waveguide on the back to a substrate integrated waveguide in each layer, (3) a radiating slot element that radiates from each layer of the multilayer substrate integrated waveguide.
It was confirmed both by electromagnetic simulation and experiment that 9 multi-beams can be generated with 3 beams each with a pitch of about 25 degrees on the horizontal plane and a pitch of about 12 degrees on the vertical plane.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

今後、周波数の活用が期待されるミリ波帯において、波長が短いミリ波の特徴である小型のアンテナでも鋭い指向性ができる特性を活かし、高利得を広範囲にカバーする指向性走査技術を開発した。多層基板技術を用いることにより、これまでに困難であった、低コストが期待できるプリント基板技術で2次元ビーム走査技術の開発である。指向性走査技術はミリ波帯において、ミリ波レーダや在宅医療などの電波センシングや、5Gなどの通信応用に期待される技術である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Presentation (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Presentation] ふっ素樹脂多層基板を活用したミリ波アンテナビームフォーミング技術2020

    • Author(s)
      榊原 久二男、山田 健人、鞠山 匠汰、グェン タン トゥアン、杉本 義喜、菊間 信良
    • Organizer
      Microwave Workshop Digest
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Multibeam Antennas using Multi-layer Substrate in Millimeter wave Band2019

    • Author(s)
      Kunio Sakakibara, Nguyen Tuan, Shugo Yamauchi, Kento Yamauchi, Shota Mariyama, Nobuyoshi Kikuma
    • Organizer
      2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Broadside Beam-forming Performance of Two-dimensional Rotman-lens Multi-beam Antenna using Step Radiating Elements on Multi-layer Substrate Integrated Waveguide2019

    • Author(s)
      Shugo Yamauchi, Kento Yamada, Kunio Sakakibara and Nobuyoshi Kikuma
    • Organizer
      The Philippines-Japan Workshop on Wireless, Radio and Antenna Technologies (PJWWRAT)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Design of Hollow Waveguide to Substrate Integrated Waveguide Transition in Multi-layer Substrate2019

    • Author(s)
      Shota MARIYAMA, Kunio SAKAKIBARA, Nobuyoshi KIKUMA
    • Organizer
      IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition 2019 (iWEM 2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Broadside Beam-forming Performance of Two-dimensional RotmanLens Multi-beam Antenna using Step Radiating Elements on Multi-layer Substrate Integrated Waveguide2019

    • Author(s)
      Shugo Yamauchi, Kento Yamada, Kunio Sakakibara, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kojiro Iwasa, Takeshi Okunaga, Akira Nakatsu
    • Organizer
      The 2019 Malaysia-Japan Workshop on Radio Technology (MJWRT2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Broadside Beam-forming Performance of Two-dimensional Rotman-lens Multi-beam Antenna using Step Radiating Elements on Multi-layer Substrate Integrated Waveguide2019

    • Author(s)
      Shugo YAMAUCHI, Kunio SAKAKIBRA, and Nobuyoshi KIKUMA
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Indonesia-Japan Workshop on Antennas and Wireless Technology 2019 (IJAWT2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multi-beam Antennas using Multi-layer Substrate in Millimeter-wave Band2019

    • Author(s)
      Kunio SAKAKIBARA and Nobuyoshi KIKUMA
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Indonesia-Japan Workshop on Antennas and Wireless Technology 2019 (IJAWT2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 多層基板内の複数層に構成された金属導波管基板内導波路変換器の設計2019

    • Author(s)
      鞠山匠汰、榊原久二男、菊間信良
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会アンテナ・伝播研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多層基板内の複数層に構成された金属導波管基板内導波路変換器の設計2019

    • Author(s)
      鞠山匠汰、榊原久二男、菊間信良、小山達也、奥長 剛、岩佐光次郎
    • Organizer
      革新的無線通信技術に関する横断型研究会(MIKA)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多層基板各層に構成された基板内導波路放射用スロットペアとアレー放射特性2019

    • Author(s)
      山田健人、山内秀悟、榊原久二男、菊間信良
    • Organizer
      革新的無線通信技術に関する横断型研究会(MIKA)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多層基板内の複数層に構成された基板内導波路金属導波管変換器の設計2019

    • Author(s)
      鞠山匠汰、榊原久二男、菊間信良
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 ソサイエティ大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多層基板内導波路における階段状放射素子を用いた二次元マルチビームロットマンレンズのブロードサイドビーム形成特性2019

    • Author(s)
      山内秀悟、榊原久二男、山田健人、菊間信良、岩佐光次郎、奥長 剛、中津 彰
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 ソサイエティ大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] E-Plane Beam-Forming Performance of Rotman-Lens in Multi-Layer Substrate2018

    • Author(s)
      Yosuke Otsuka, Shugo Yamauchi, Kunio Sakakibara, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, and Kojiro Iwasa
    • Organizer
      2018 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] E-plane Beam-forming Performance of Rotman-lens in Multi-layer Substrate2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi Shugo, Yosuke Otsuka, Kunio Sakakibara, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kojiro Iwasa
    • Organizer
      2018 IEEE International Workshop on Electromagnetics: Applications and Student Innovation Competition
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 超高周波(ミリ波)アレーアンテナ

    • URL

      http://aplab.web.nitech.ac.jp/pdf/mm_wg_slot60ghz.pdf

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] ミリ波技術に関する主な発表論文

    • URL

      http://aplab.web.nitech.ac.jp/pdf/paper_millimeterwave_tech.pdf

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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