Title :
Surface wave coupling between circular patch antennas
Author :
Bhattacharyya, Arun K. ; Shafai, L.
Author_Institution :
University of Manitoba, Department of Electrical Engineering, Winnipeg, Canada
Abstract :
The surface wave coupling between circular microstrip antennas is formulated and shown that it decays much more slowly than the space wave coupling. It increases rapidly with the substrate thickness.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; strip line components; circular patch antennas; microstrip; microwave antenna arrays; substrate thickness; surface wave coupling; waveguide antennas;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860821
