• DocumentCode
    2809601
  • Title

    Experimental investigations on conformal microstrip antenna arrays

  • Author

    Heverling, D. ; Schmitt, H.J. ; Birmes, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. HF-Technik, Aachen, Germany
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    24-28 June 1991
  • Firstpage
    584
  • Abstract
    The authors review experimental investigations of the behavior of mutual coupling in cylindrical conformal microstrip antenna arrays and the influence of the conformability of the far-field characteristics for different antenna structures. The mutual coupling in conformal patch arrays was shown to be weaker than in the planar case. As expected, great interference was found in the shadow region of the cylinder. Measurements show the necessity of the accurate design of conformal patch arrays including mutual coupling.<>
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; microwave measurement; conformal microstrip antenna arrays; conformal patch arrays; far-field characteristics; interference; measurements; mutual coupling; shadow region; Antenna measurements; Coaxial components; Frequency; Interference; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Mutual coupling; Patch antennas; Probes; Regions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1991. AP-S. Digest
  • Conference_Location
    London, Ontario, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0144-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1991.174907
  • Filename
    174907