Gap-coupled microstrip array antenna for wide-band operation

被引:40
作者
Meshram, MK [1 ]
Vishvakarma, BR [1 ]
机构
[1] Banaras Hindu Univ, Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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D O I
10.1080/00207210110071288
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The theoretical and experimental investigations carried out on a gap-coupled microstrip array antenna reveal that there is a significant improvement in VSWR and bandwidth characteristics of the gap-coupled microstrip array antenna as compared with a conventional microstrip array antenna. The input impedance and the resonant frequency of the gap-coupled patch are found to depend heavily on the gap length as well as on the dielectric constant of the substrate material.
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页码:1161 / 1175
页数:15
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