Title :
Inset-fed Ku-band circular patch antennas
Author :
McSpadden, J.O. ; Lu Fan ; Kai Chang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Ku-band circular patch antennas fed with a 50 /spl Omega/ microstrip line have been designed and tested. A full-wave simulator is used to design the microstrip feed. Design equations are given that are accurate to 1.3% for predicting the resonant frequency from L-band to Ka-band.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; 14.4 to 16 GHz; Ka-band; Ku-band; L-band; circular patch antennas; design equations; full-wave simulator; inset microstrip line feed; microstrip feed; radiation patterns; resonant frequency; Capacitance; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Equations; Feeds; Loss measurement; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5639-x
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1999.789306
