All-Dielectric Ceramic 3-D Printed Unidirectional Leaky-Wave Antenna at mm-Wave Frequencies
Abstract
An all-dielectric leaky-wave antenna, radiating unidirectionally at broadside without the use of a metallic ground plane, is designed and manufactured. It operates in the 70-90 GHz frequency range with a design broadside frequency of 77 GHz. The design process makes use of the theory of photonic bandgaps to position a -1 harmonic at the broadside frequency on the second Bragg-condition point. The structure is then modified to close the bandgap and to simultaneously guarantee maximum total field coupling to the relevant radiating harmonic, ensuring radiation unidirectionality. The antenna is manufactured with an Al2O3 ceramic printing process, demonstrating its manufacturing potential for complex low-loss high-frequency structures. Simulations agree well with measurements, with the main deviation being a 1 GHz frequency shift that could be reproduced in simulation. The antenna prototype shows a scanning range of -18°-22° and gain values above 23 dBi. More than 85 % of the radiation power is radiated unidirectionally at broadside, with simulations showing potential to attain 98 %.
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BibTeX
@misc{francois2026alldielectric,
title = {{All-Dielectric Ceramic 3-D Printed Unidirectional Leaky-Wave Antenna at mm-Wave Frequencies}},
author = {Guillaume François and Masoud Sakaki and Henrik Jansen and Amar Al-Bassam and Niels Benson and Dirk Heberling},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.27631},
eprint = {2609.27631},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27631},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - All-Dielectric Ceramic 3-D Printed Unidirectional Leaky-Wave Antenna at mm-Wave Frequencies
AU - Guillaume François
AU - Masoud Sakaki
AU - Henrik Jansen
AU - Amar Al-Bassam
AU - Niels Benson
AU - Dirk Heberling
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/23
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.27631
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27631
AB - An all-dielectric leaky-wave antenna, radiating unidirectionally at broadside without the use of a metallic ground plane, is designed and manufactured. It operates in the 70-90 GHz frequency range with a design broadside frequency of 77 GHz. The design process makes use of the theory of photonic bandgaps to position a -1 harmonic at the broadside frequency on the second Bragg-condition point. The structure is then modified to close the bandgap and to simultaneously guarantee maximum total field coupling to the relevant radiating harmonic, ensuring radiation unidirectionality. The antenna is manufactured with an Al2O3 ceramic printing process, demonstrating its manufacturing potential for complex low-loss high-frequency structures. Simulations agree well with measurements, with the main deviation being a 1 GHz frequency shift that could be reproduced in simulation. The antenna prototype shows a scanning range of -18°-22° and gain values above 23 dBi. More than 85 % of the radiation power is radiated unidirectionally at broadside, with simulations showing potential to attain 98 %.
ER -