Title :
Small ground plane size effects on microstrip patch antennas revisited
Author :
Peixeiro, Custódio
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Lisbon
Abstract :
The evaluation of ground plane size effects on the performance of microstrip patch antennas is described. Input reflection coefficient, radiation pattern, and related parameters are calculated for small ground planes. The simulations are validated with experimental results. This basic study provides guidelines to predict the performance of microstrip patches integrated into nowadays very small terminals used in mobile communication and WLAN system.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; mobile communication; wireless LAN; WLAN system; ground plane size effects; input reflection coefficient; microstrip patch antennas; mobile communication; radiation pattern; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Geometry; Guidelines; Microstrip antennas; Mobile communication; Patch antennas; Reflection; Resonance; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4396122
