DocumentCode
1841439
Title
The gain enhancement of Microstrip array antenna with dielectric lens -A comparative study
Author
Mahesh, A. ; Ravishankar, S. ; Rukmini, T.S. ; Thakur, S.K.
Author_Institution
Dept of Electron. & Commun., RVCE, Bangalore, India
fYear
2009
fDate
14-16 Dec. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
In this paper, a four element and an eight element Microstrip array antenna with its printed feed network on a monolithic substrate is first analyzed for the predicted radiation patterns and compared with experimental results. The gain enhancement of the Microstrip array with dielectric lens is then studied. The advantage of using dielectric lens is observed to be 4dbi extra gain which translates to an effective larger size antenna. These types of array-lens are useful as low cost smart antenna. The experiment is carried out in S band range of frequencies.
Keywords
adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; dielectric materials; lens antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; dielectric lens; gain enhancement; microstrip array antenna; microstrip patch antennas; monolithic substrate; radiation patterns; smart antenna;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2009
Conference_Location
Kolkata
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4818-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4819-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AEMC.2009.5430668
Filename
5430668
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