Research Article

A Single-Layer S/X- Band Shared Aperture Antenna with MIMO Characteristics at X-Band for Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications

Table 4

Comparison of the previous works with proposed antenna.

ArticleYearFrequency (S/X)Antenna elementSize W × L × TGain (dB)Side lobe level (dB)Co-polarization(S/X)IsolationBandwidthApplication

119952.85 GHz/8.65 GHzRT duroid 588038 × 8 × 0.8 mm^311.6NANANANASAR/GPS
220073.05 GHz/9.6 GHzMultiple elements160 × 100 × 7.1 mm^3NA−10−26 dB/−31 dB−20 dB1.75 GHzRadar
320093 GHZ/10 GHzRT duroid 5880183 × 106 × 0.13 mm^318.3−13 (X) No SL (S)−20 dB/−17 dB>25 dB1 GHz (S, X)Aircraft
420103∼3.3 GHz/9∼11 GHzRT duroid 5880196 × 128 × 6.5 mm^310 (S) 20.3 (X)−19 (S) −10 (X)−21 dB/−20 dB>15 dB300 MHz (S) 2 MHz (X)Radar
520123.25 GHz/9.2 GHzTaconic TLC28.5 × 28.5 × 2.7 mm^311 (S) 18.5 (X)−17 (S) −10 (X)−18 dB/−17.5 dB>15 dB0.62 GHz (S) 2.7 GHz (X)Radar
620172.5 GHz/8.2 GHzRT duroid 5880, air gap95 × 95 × 2.5 mm^37.5 dB (S) 10.5 dB (X)NA−35 dB/−12 dB38 dB0.23 GHz (S) 0.8 GHz (X)SAR
720172.5 GHz/8 GHzRT duroid 5880140 × 140 × 64 mm^38 dB (S) 11.5 dB (X)NA−8 dB/−20 dB30 dB0.18 GHz (S) 0.94 GHz (X)Radar
820182.5 GHz/7 GHzArlon8.5 dB (S) 10.8 dB (X)NANA32 dB0.59 GHz (S) 1.26 GHz (X)Aircraft
92017NANANANANANANANASAR
1020173.2 GHz/9.3 GHzRT duroid 5880100 × 100 × 1.6 mm^38.4 dB (S) 10.5 dB (X)−17.9 (S) −22.4 (v/X), −13.5 (h/X)−20 dB/−15 dB30 dB0.3 GHz (S) 0.16 GHz (X)SAR
1120189.65 GHz (X)RT duroid 588080 × 180 × 0.8 mm^319 dB−10 (v), −22 (h)−30 (X)−25 dB0.5 GHz (X)SAR
1220189.65 GHz (X)RT duroid 588060 × 60 × 1.5 mm^311.04 dB(−27, −25) (v) (−13.3, −12.3) (h)−30 (X)−20 dB0.16 GHZ (X)SAR
13201921 GHzRT duroid 588015 × 120 × 1.5 mm^3 (UAD) 15 × 100 × 0.787 mm^3 (CAD)15.3 dB (UAD) 17.4 dB (CAD)15.3 (UAD) 17.4 (CAD)NA1.1 GHz (X)Airborne
1420199.65 GHzRT duroid 588050 × 80 × 1.5 mm^312.2 dB−25.1 (E), −10.5 (H)−31 (E), −28 (H)NA0.2 GHz (X)SAR
1520209.65 GHz (X), 21 GHz (K)NA150 × 150 × 1.6 mm^320 dB (X), 15 dB (K)−15 dB (X), −25 dB (K)>25 dB (X, K)>25 dB (X, K)200 MHzAirborne
1620212.7 GHz (S), 9.7 GHz (X)RT duroid 5880125 × 125 × 8 mm^38.4 dB (S), 21.7 dB (K)−13.7 (v/S), −14.6 (h/S), −11.8 (v/X), −11.3 (h/X)−24 (E/S), −26.1 (H/S), −33 (E/X), −20 (H/X)>25 dB (S, X)0.2 GHz (S) 0.5 GHz (X)SAR
1720225 GHzRT duroid 58806.75 × 14.37 × 0.32 mm^35.9 dBNANA−21.30.16 GHz5 G
1820226 GHzNA30 × 30 × 1.6 mm^34.65 dBNANA−180.46 GHz 2.45 GHz5 G
1920226 GHzNA75 × 75 × 18.75 mm^35.44 dBNANA−112 GHz5 G
202007NANANANANANANANANA
2120225.57 GHzRT duroid 5880160 × 70 mm^26.6–12.4 dB−13.8 dBNA−300.05 GHz5 G
2220141.75 GHz 3 GHz 4.5 GHz 6 GHzFR-4NA1.35 dB 4.08 dB 4.22 dB 7.34 dBNANA−10–150.25 GHzWireless communication
232021Sub-6 GHzFR-4280.5 × 56.1 × 2 mm^312.95 dBNANANA140 MHz5 G
2420141.8 GHzFR-490 × 90 × 1.6 mm^39.9 dBNANA−18246 MHz4 G
2520142.45 GHz 3.5 GHz 5.25 GHzFR-48.8 × 9 × 1.6 mm^34.3 dB 6 dB 7.6 dBNANA−100.11 GHz 0.47 GHz 1.1 GHzWiMAX
2620183.2 GHz 5.5 GHzFR-414 × 15 × 1 mm^37-8 dBNANA>−10 dB0.4 GHz 0.5 GHz5G
2720222.6 GHz 3.5 GHzRT duroid 5880NA11.25 dBNA−20 dB>−27 dB0.22 GHz5G
28Proposed work3.2 GHz (S) 9.65 GHz (X)FR-4100 × 100 × 1.6 mm^37.2 dB (S) 12.4 dB (X)−16.9 (v/S), −17.2 (h/S), −18.2 (3/X), −16.1 (4/X) −21.2 (5/X), −19.7 (6/X)−39.4 dB0.12 GHz (S) 0.27 GHz (X)SAR

X = X-band frequency, S = S-band frequency, UAD = uniform amplitude distribution, CAD = chebyshev amplitude distribution, E = electric field plane, H = magnetic field plane, V = vertical polarization, H = horizontal polarization, mm = millimetre, L = length, W = width, and H = height.