Research Article

A Wideband Feed Network for Vivaldi Antenna Arrays

Table 1

Parameters for the final feed network.

SymbolDescriptionValue (mm)

d1Distance between ports 2 and 335.61
d2Distance between ports 3 and 434
d3Distance between ports 4 and 532.39
Lf1Length of vertical microstrip line14
Length of CPW line16
LstLength of vertical slotline21.7
LsubSubstrate length51.95
R1Radius of one microstrip line turn section8.75
R2Radius of the other microstrip line turn section6
RsRadius of circular slot stub5
WmWidth of microstrip line3.53
WsWidth of slotline0.5
WsubSubstrate width154.56