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Space-domain moment-method solution of a dielectric-loaded slot antenna fed by a microstrip line laid on a DR strip

✍ Scribed by H. T. Hui; Edward K. N. Yung


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
174 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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✦ Synopsis


Figure 4

Measured antenna gain in the broadside direction against frequency for the proposed antenna shown in Figure 2 with s 40Њ c the antenna gain near the center operating frequencies can be enhanced, and the antenna-gain variation within the operating bandwidth can further be reduced.

4. Conclusions

A broadband circular microstrip antenna directly excited by using a 50 ⍀ microstrip feed line has been proposed and experimentally studied. The broadband operation is achieved by the integrated reactive loading provided by the embedded T-shaped microstrip-line section within the circular patch. And good impedance matching for frequencies within the wide operating bandwidth is obtained by selecting a suitable angle between the microstrip feed line and the embedded T-shaped microstrip-line section. The proposed broadband design can find applications in microstrip array designs, and has the advantage of easy integration with coplanar microwave integrated circuits.