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High-efficiency wide-band suspended patch antenna array demonstrated
Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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Author | Simons, Rainee N. |
Copyright Year | 2001 |
Description | A four-element, suspended patch antenna array that has a parasitic patch layer on top and is electromagnetically coupled to an inverted microstrip feed for linear polarization was demonstrated at K-band frequencies. The layout of the array is shown in the following figure. The antenna has the following advantages over conventional microstrip antennas: 1. The inverted microstrip has lower losses, which result in higher gain and efficiency. 2. The inverted microstrip is easier to fabricate, because the strip width is wider for a given characteristic impedance. 3. A conventional proximity-coupled patch antenna requires a substrate for the feed and a superstrate for the patch. However, the inverted microstrip-fed patch antenna makes use of a single substrate and, hence, is lightweight and inexpensive. 4. Electromagnetic coupling results in a wider bandwidth. |
File Size | 52917 |
Page Count | 2 |
File Format | |
Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050196618 |
Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9964h217 |
Language | English |
Publisher Date | 2001-03-01 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Communications And Radar Fabrication Patch Antennas Layouts Broadband Microstrip Antennas Linear Polarization Electrical Impedance Electromagnetic Coupling Antenna Arrays Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Technical Report |