A Novel Design of Gap-Coupled Sectoral Patch Antenna

被引:17
作者
Kandwal, Abhishek [1 ]
Khah, Sunil Kumar [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Jaypee Univ Informat Technol, Waknaghat 173215, India
[2] Univ Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469 USA
来源
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2013年 / 12卷
关键词
Antenna gain; bandwidth; gap coupling; impedance; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT; BAND; FREQUENCY; GAIN;
D O I
10.1109/LAWP.2013.2264103
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Using gap coupling between the elements, an antenna of four sectors by cutting the slots through and through from a circular patch is designed for application in X-band. The bandwidth enhancement along with reduced sidelobes is obtained by marginally or fully moving one of the feeding sectoral patches diagonally away. The results are analyzed for different positions of the slot. A bandwidth of 1.2 GHz in X-band along with a reduced sidelobe level of -15.0 dB and a gain of 12.0 dBi is obtained. An analysis of mutual coupling and parasitic patch effect is also presented and discussed in this letter.
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页码:674 / 677
页数:4
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