DocumentCode
1017453
Title
Improved theory for microstrip antennas
Author
Richards, W.F. ; Lo, Y.T. ; Harrison, D.D.
Author_Institution
University of Illinois, Electromagnetics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, USA
Volume
15
Issue
2
fYear
1979
Firstpage
42
Lastpage
44
Abstract
An improvement to a recently reported theory for the analysis of the pattern and impedance loci of microstrip antennas is developed. It yields a theory that is simple and inexpensive to apply. This is achieved by lumping all antenna losses into an effective dielectric loss tangent and then analysing the microstrip antenna as a lossy cavity. It is found that the resulting expression for impedance of the microstrip antenna is in good agreement with measured results for all modes and feed locations.
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; strip line components; waveguide antennas; antenna radiation patterns; effective dielectric loss tangent; equivalent lossy cavity; impedance loci; microstrip antennas; reduced computation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19790030
Filename
4255994
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