DocumentCode
1328975
Title
Synthetic dielectrics for planar antenna design
Author
Navarro, E.A. ; Craddock, I.J. ; Paul, D.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Valencia Univ., Spain
Volume
36
Issue
6
fYear
2000
fDate
3/16/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
491
Lastpage
493
Abstract
Antennas, such as stacked patches, often employ low permittivity substrates, such as foams, but these tend to be fragile and difficult to glue. The authors show that low permittivity materials may instead be synthesised by perforating standard microwave substrates. Results from practical and numerical experiments are presented
Keywords
dielectric materials; microstrip antennas; microwave materials; permittivity; substrates; FDTD model; low permittivity material synthesis; low permittivity substrates; multilayer planar antennas; perforated standard microwave substrate; planar antenna design; stacked patches; synthetic dielectrics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000413
Filename
840121
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