DocumentCode
1034149
Title
Effect of curvature on characteristics of rectangular patch antenna
Author
Dahele, J.S. ; Mitchell, R.J. ; Luk, Kwai Man ; Lee, K.F.
Author_Institution
Royal Military College of Science, School of Electrical Engineering & Science, Shrivenham, UK
Volume
23
Issue
14
fYear
1987
Firstpage
748
Lastpage
749
Abstract
The effect of curvature on the characteristics of a rectangular patch antenna is studied theoretically and experimentally. For the TM01 mode it is found that the resonant frequency is not affected by curvature. However, as curvature increases the pattern broadens, the resonant resistance decreases, the Q-factor is smaller and the bandwidth is larger. Good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained.
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; microstrip antennas; Q-factor; TM01 mode; bandwidth; curvature; microstrip antenna; radiation pattern; rectangular patch antenna; resonant frequency; resonant resistance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870530
Filename
4257865
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