Title : 
A Quasi-Yagi microstrip antenna with simplified feeding structure
         
        
            Author : 
Li, Zengrui ; Zhang, Xiaojun ; Guo, Qingxin ; Wang, Junhong
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Inf. Eng., Commun. Univ. of China, Beijing, China
         
        
        
            fDate : 
Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 2 2010
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, a Quasi-Yagi antenna with a simplified feeding network is proposed. The impedance bandwidth, radiation patterns and gain of the proposed antenna are studied by the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. The simulated and measured results show that the accomplished bandwidth of the antenna can cover a frequency range from 4.64 GHz to 6.25 GHz, which involves the two WLAN bands of 5.15 GHz to 5.25 GHz and 5.75 GHz to 5.85 GHz. Within the frequency band, the radiation characteristic of the antenna exhibits a good performance, and the maximum gain is about 7.2 dB. The antenna is easy to integrate with the microwave circuits and other solid devices.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; FDTD method; feeding structure; finite difference time domain; impedance bandwidth; quasi-Yagi microstrip antenna; radiation pattern;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), 2010 9th International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Guangzhou
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6906-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISAPE.2010.5696606