Title :
Suspended rectangular/circular patch antennas with electromagnetically coupled inverted microstrip feed for dual polarization/frequency
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Dynacs Eng. Co. Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The paper demonstrates suspended rectangular and circular patch antennas with eletromagnetically coupled inverted microstrip feed for linear as well as dual linear polarization/frequency applications. The measured results include the return loss and the impedance bandwidth of the antennas.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; electric impedance; electromagnetic coupling; losses; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; 12 to 26 GHz; dual frequency operation; dual polarization operation; electromagnetically coupled inverted microstrip feed; impedance bandwidth; return loss; suspended circular patch antennas; suspended rectangular patch antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Frequency; K-band; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6369-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2000.874931