Design of wideband triangular patch antenna with modified ground plane

Author

Li Fu ; Jian Ren ; Yingzeng Yin ; Jie Lei ; Ruina Lian

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Antennas & Microwave Technol., Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China

fYear

2013

fDate

24-25 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

126

Abstract

A novel coplanar probe-fed patch antenna with a modified ground plane for wideband applications is proposed. The antenna consists of two symmetrical corrugations beside the triangular patch radiator and a U-shaped ground plane. A significant improvement on the impedance bandwidth up to about 4:1 can be obtained. The experimental impedance bandwidth, determined by -10dB reflection coefficient, is greater than 114% (0.66 to 2.41 GHz). The proposed antenna has a small overall size of 0.62λ × 0.46λ × 0.19λ and a patch size of 0.56λ × 0.28λ at 1.45 GHz (center frequency). Good agreement between the measurement and simulation has been achieved. Meanwhile, the proposed antenna exhibits good broadside radiation characteristics over the whole operating bandwidth. Details of the proposed design and experimental results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; electromagnetic wave reflection; impedance matching; microstrip antenna arrays; probes; U-shaped ground plane; broadside radiation characteristics; coplanar probe-fed patch antenna; frequency 1.45 GHz; impedance bandwidth; reflection coefficient; symmetrical corrugation; triangular patch radiator; wideband applications; wideband triangular patch antenna; Antennas; Impedance; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Q measurement; Reflection coefficient; Size measurement; Wideband antenna; impedance bandwidth; modified ground; patch antenna; unidirectional radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology (MMWCST), 2013 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMWCST.2013.6814584

Filename

6814584