A broadband, high gain PCS antenna using aperture coupled microstrip patches

Author

Harokopus, W.P. ; Sanzgiri, S. ; Gilliland, P.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Inc., McKinney, TX, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

23-26 Feb. 1997

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

92

Abstract

Multibeam or "smart antennas" are needed to increase the coverage and consequently the cell size of the base stations for Personnel Communication Systems (PCS). Multibeam antennas provide increased gain, while still providing coverage over the entire cell. The microstrip patch antenna is a logical choice for this application because in addition to meeting the electrical specifications, the antenna is flat in appearance, and is capable of dual polarisation operation. The patch antenna can also be built with relatively low weight and cost. A 20 dB aperture coupled patch antenna has been demonstrated.

Keywords

aperture antennas; cellular radio; electromagnetic wave polarisation; land mobile radio; microstrip antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; personal communication networks; 20 dB; Personnel Communication Systems; aperture coupled microstrip patches; base stations; broadband PCS antenna; cell size; coverage; dual polarisation operation; electrical specifications; high gain PCS antenna; microstrip patch antenna; multibeam antennas; planar antenna array; smart antennas; Aperture antennas; Aperture coupled antennas; Base stations; Broadband antennas; Costs; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Personal communication networks; Personnel; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Applications Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S Symposium on Technologies for

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3318-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTTTWA.1997.595118

Filename

595118