Title :
Antenna Element Miniaturization and the use of Airgap Matching Techniques
Author :
Tran, D.P. ; Tiani, M. ; Ligthart, L.P. ; Hajian, M.
Author_Institution :
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Lab. for Telecommunication and Remote Sensing Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands. Tel.: +31-15-781034, Fax.: +31-15-784046
Abstract :
In this paper we present : 1) A concept for antenna miniaturization by means of dielectric filling and 2) The airgap techniques for matching dielectric filled waveguide antennas. The aperture characteristics as well as the radiation mechanism of dielectric filled waveguide antennas are also described in this paper. The Antenna Miniaturization Concept and Airgap Matching Techniques are proposed as an advance in antenna design, having advantages both in realization and in electrical performance with respect to other miniaturized antennas.
Keywords :
Aperture antennas; Costs; Dielectrics; Filling; Manufacturing; Microstrip antennas; Optical reflection; Remote sensing; Telecommunications; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1994. 24th European
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1994.337326
