Title :
A planar tri-band array antenna
Author :
Valavan, S.E. ; Tran, Duke ; Yarovoy, A.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
A planar tri-band array antenna design is presented. The antenna has three equally tuned resonant bands and also maintains consistent radiation patterns in all the operational subbands. The antenna architecture is simple and measures only 0.33λ × 0.33λ (unit cell), at the lowest frequency of operation, making it suitable for array applications.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; multifrequency antennas; planar antenna arrays; antenna architecture; antenna radiation patterns; planar triband array antenna design; resonant bands; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Patch antennas; Radar; Radar antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902424