DocumentCode
357570
Title
A technique to further increase the bandwidth of stacked microstrip antennas
Author
Khodier, M. ; Christodoulou, C.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
16-21 July 2000
Firstpage
1394
Abstract
A new stacked microstrip antenna structure that enhances the bandwidth without changing the resonance frequency is proposed and studied in this paper. The effect of the various antenna parameters on the bandwidth is investigated. The resulting antenna using the proposed structure has an ultra-wide bandwidth of 35%, compared to 21.8% for the conventional stacked antenna structure. The proposed structure has a little effect on the antenna radiation characteristics. The analysis of the proposed structure is carried out using the FDTD method.
Keywords
antenna theory; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antenna arrays; 4.5 GHz; FDTD method; antenna parameters; antenna radiation characteristics; bandwidth; stacked microstrip antennas; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Boundary conditions; Coaxial components; Finite difference methods; Microstrip antennas; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Time domain analysis; Ultra wideband antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE
Conference_Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6369-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2000.874464
Filename
874464
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