DocumentCode
962121
Title
Surface wave losses of rectangular microstrip antennas
Author
Nauwelaers, B. ; van de Capelle, A.
Author_Institution
Div. ESAT-TELEMIC, Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Belgium
Volume
25
Issue
11
fYear
1989
fDate
5/25/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
696
Lastpage
697
Abstract
A closed-form expression is presented for the space wave efficiency of rectangular microstrip antennas. This expression is derived from and compared to numerical results available in the literature. The expression is useful for substrates with relative permittivities between 1 and 12.8 and for the complete range of thicknesses normally used.
Keywords
antenna theory; dipole antennas; losses; microstrip antennas; closed-form expression; dipole antenna; patch antennas; rectangular microstrip antennas; relative permittivities; space wave efficiency; surface wave losses;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19890471
Filename
24083
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