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Abstract

A novel circularly polarized array designed for millimeter wave digital radar module was proposed and validated in this paper. The circularly polarized array was designed with single feeding point for easily integrating with front-end module. A new kind of medium filled circular cavity was employed as transition to connect the output of the T/R module and the feeding point of the array. TM₀₁₀ mode was selected as the operating mode of the circular cavity based transition for its special field distribution. Good performance of flexibility, return-loss, axial ratio and radiation pattern were observed.

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