Microstrip patch antenna receiving array operating in the Ku band

Author

Walcher, D.A. ; Lee, R.Q. ; Lee, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Toledo Univ., OH, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

21-26 July 1996

Firstpage

1904

Abstract

This paper presents the design and results of a microstrip patch antenna receiving array operating in the Ku band. The most obvious application in the Ku band is reception of wide band television images. However, other applications include reception of narrow band data channels and voice channels (telephone and radio). Most of these applications are confined to the band 11.7 GHz to 12.7 GHz. An attempt to improve the gain of the array by introducing parasitic patches on top of the active array are also presented in this paper.

Keywords

active antenna arrays; antenna testing; microstrip antenna arrays; receiving antennas; television antennas; 11.7 to 12.7 GHz; Ku band; active array; design; electromagnetically coupled patch antenna; gain; microstrip patch antenna receiving array; narrow band data channels; parasitic patches; radio; telephone; voice channels; wide band television images; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; NASA; Patch antennas; Testing; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1996. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3216-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1996.549976

Filename

549976