Effects of load impedance on the dimensions and beamwidth of a dual feed nearly square patch antenna for circular polarisations

Author

Smith, D. ; Livingston, R. ; Jefferson, R.L.

Author_Institution

Newcastle Polytech., UK

fYear

1992

fDate

18-25 June 1992

Firstpage

1427

Abstract

The authors present a model for the dual-feed nearly square patch antenna which accounts for the loading effects of the output port upon the antenna. Theory indicates that the required antenna dimensions depend on the load impedance seen by the antenna. It is also seen that the axial ratio bandwidth of the antenna can be varied by correct choice of load impedance. Typical results of antennas designed to operate at 2.450 GHz indicate a broadening of the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth from approximately 19 MHz with a load impedance of R/sub L/=1.0 M Omega to a value in excess of 130 MHz for R/sub L/=50 Omega .<>

Keywords

electric impedance; equivalent circuits; microstrip antennas; 130 MHz; 2.450 GHz; UHF; antenna dimensions; axial ratio bandwidth; beamwidth; circular polarisations; dual-feed nearly square patch antenna; equivalent circuits; load impedance; loading effects; output port; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Equivalent circuits; Impedance; Loaded antennas; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Polarization; Q factor; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1992. AP-S. 1992 Digest. Held in Conjuction with: URSI Radio Science Meeting and Nuclear EMP Meeting., IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0730-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1992.221625

Filename

221625