Title :
A new approach of broadband microstrip antenna design
Author :
An, H. ; Nauwelaers, B. ; van de Capelle, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
An approach to increasing the bandwidth of microstrip antennas by using the simplified real frequency technique is proposed. The most significant feature of the numerical technique is that it can work with either measured or simulated impedance data of a microstrip radiating element and generator. It does not require any analytical description of the antennas. Neither a prior choice of a matching network topology nor an analytic form of the system transfer function is needed. Two representative examples with different bandwidths show the validity of the design procedure.<>
Keywords :
impedance matching; least squares approximations; microstrip antennas; broadband microstrip antenna design; impedance data; impedance matching; least-squares method; microstrip radiating element; numerical technique; simplified real frequency technique; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Circuit topology; Frequency; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Polynomials; Reflection; Scattering parameters; Transducers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1992.221898
