Title :
A novel slotline-fed microstrip patch antenna
Author :
Tang, K.P. ; Free, C.E. ; Goldspink, G.F.
Author_Institution :
Middlesex Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
A microstrip patch antenna employing a novel feed arrangement is presented. By using the slotline to microstrip coupling, energy is coupled to the radiating patches via a continuous slotline in the microstrip ground plane. This allows the patches and the feeding slotlines to be fabricated on a single substrate minimising device areas in MMICs. Using Hewlett Packard´s high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) the electric and magnetic field distribution on a single patch design have been analysed. The results of measurements performed in an anechoic chamber are presented which show the radiation characteristics of a 10 GHz prototype antenna using the new feed mechanism
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; electric fields; magnetic fields; microstrip antennas; slot line components; 10 GHz; 10 GHz prototype antenna; MMIC; SHF; continuous slotline; electric field; high frequency structure simulator; magnetic field; microstrip coupling; microstrip ground plane; radiating patches; radiation characteristics; single substrate minimising device areas; slotline-fed microstrip patch antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 1995., Ninth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 407)
Conference_Location :
Eindhoven
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-637-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19950299
