Title : 
Improving radiation pattern of microstrip antennas
         
        
            Author : 
Marija M. Nikolic;Antonije R. Djordjevic
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 35-54, 11120, Serbia
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
It was shown in [1] that polarization currents in the dielectric substrate of microstrip antennas cause deterioration of the radiation pattern. We further study this effect analytically and numerically, with emphasis on techniques for improving the radiation pattern.
         
        
            Keywords : 
"Microstrip antennas","Antenna radiation patterns","Dielectric substrates","Magnetic resonance","Optical polarization","Directive antennas","Bandwidth","Manufacturing","Shape","Frequency"
         
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-92-9092-937-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584957