DocumentCode
881678
Title
Surface-wave effect in a wideband aperture-coupled stacked microstrip antenna array
Author
Kittenplon, H.
Author_Institution
Israel Minist. of Defence, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Volume
32
Issue
9
fYear
1996
fDate
4/25/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
792
Lastpage
793
Abstract
A wide band aperture coupled stacked microstrip antenna at the Ku band is described. The stacked element design achieves bandwidths in excess of 20%, but when incorporated into an array the gain bandwidth is reduced owing to surface wave excitation. Studying the nature of the surface wave interference can help reduce its impact, thereby retaining almost the full bandwidth of the single element
Keywords
electromagnetic wave interference; losses; microstrip antenna arrays; surface electromagnetic waves; Ku-band; aperture-coupled antenna array; gain bandwidth reduction; stacked element design; surface wave excitation; surface wave interference; surface-wave effect; wideband microstrip antenna array;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960571
Filename
492924
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