A study on effectiveness of FR4 as a dielectric material for radial line slot array antenna for wireless backhaul application

Author

Rahman, Tharek Abdul ; Ibrahim, Imran Mohd ; Wei, Pak Siau ; Ahmad, Johari ; Wahab, Ab Ghani Che

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Centre, Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

2-5 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

388

Abstract

The Radial Line Slot Array (RLSA) Antenna is known for its good characteristics such as low profile, low cost, aesthetically pleasing, ease of installation and simple structure. RLSA antenna normally applied polypropylene as a dielectric material in the middle of the radiating plate and ground plane. This research is focusing on applying FR4 as a dielectric material. The prototype has been simulated, fabricated and measured. The measurement obtained a -15dB of return loss, 11.5dBi of directivity gain and 5% antenna bandwidth.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric materials; radiocommunication; slot antenna arrays; FR4 effectiveness; RLSA antenna; antenna bandwidth; dielectric material; directivity gain; ground plane; loss -15 dB; polypropylene; radial line slot array antenna; radiating plate; wireless backhaul application; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Brain modeling; Loss measurement; Prototypes; Slot antennas; FR4 dielectric material; RLSA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (APCC), 2011 17th Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Sabah

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0389-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.2011.6152839

Filename

6152839