Title :
CBCPW-Fed Side-Plane Patch Antenna
Author :
Chen, Ju-Hung ; Lu, Yen-Ju ; Hsu, Powen ; Chen, Shih-Yuan
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
A side-plane patch antenna fed by a conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CBCPW) is proposed. By etching a slotline pair on the side planes in the transverse direction of the CBCPW, the surface currents on the two side planes can be made the same phase and a 4.8-dBi antenna gain is achieved. This antenna is compared to a two-element patch antenna array fed by a microstrip line. Similar return loss response, antenna gain, and radiation mechanism are observed.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna feeds; coplanar waveguides; etching; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; CBCPW; antenna gain; conductor-backed coplanar waveguide; etching; microstrip line; return loss; side-plane patch antenna; Coplanar waveguides; Current distribution; Etching; MMICs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Radiofrequency identification; Slot antennas; Slotline;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-006-4
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751506
