A two-element patch antenna exploiting path inequality for bandwidth augmentation

Author

Koutinos, A.G. ; Ioannopoulos, G.A. ; Gkonis, P.K. ; Chryssomallis, M.T. ; Kyriacou, G.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A patch antenna with two rectangular elements is presented. The feeding mechanism introduces a phase shift between the elements excitation, as well as between the feeding points of each element. The Return Loss versus Frequency envelope which is then formed extends greatly as each feeding point contributes to the creation of a separate resonance. In this way, wideband operation at the 2.4 GHz WiFi band is achieved. Specifically, this new configuration exhibits a bandwidth of 84.69 MHz which is a fair improvement concerning the size - bandwidth tradeoff. The results are verified in terms of Return Loss, VSWR, Input Impedance, Antenna and Radiation Efficiency, all demonstrating compensatory behaviour.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; VSWR; bandwidth augmentation; elements excitation; feeding mechanism; feeding point; frequency envelope; input impedance; path inequality; phase shift; radiation efficiency; rectangular elements; return loss; two element patch antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency; WiFi band; bandwidth enhancement; multiple resonances; phase shift; two-element rectangular patch antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228861