• DocumentCode
    1034803
  • Title

    Radiation characteristics of microstrip arrays with parasitic elements

  • Author

    Lee, R.Q. ; Acosta, Roberto ; Lee, K.F.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    835
  • Lastpage
    837
  • Abstract
    The radiation characteristics of microstrip antennas consisting of one centre-fed patch and several identical parasitic patches are studied experimentally. The configurations investigated include a five-element cross and three- and seven-element linear arrays. A significant increase in gain is obtained by using close interelement spacing, with no degradation in pattern characteristics.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microwave antenna arrays; antenna gain; centre-fed patch; five-element cross; identical parasitic patches; interelement spacing; microstrip antennas; microstrip arrays; parasitic elements; pattern characteristics; radiation characteristics; seven-element linear arrays; three element linear arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870591
  • Filename
    4257928