Mutual coupling between metal strip antennas on finite size, electrically thick dielectric substrates

Author

Parfitt, Andrew J. ; Griffin, Donald W. ; Cole, Peter H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

115

Abstract

An analysis of the mutual coupling between metal strip antennas which are contiguous with the ends of finite-size, electrically thick dielectric substrates is outlined. Such antennas have been proposed as useful monolithic microwave integrated circuit antennas for millimeter-wavelength applications. The analysis presented was verified experimentally, and the results are applied to three-element arrays of metal strip folded dipoles with coplanar strip feed lines. The effect of the electrically thick, finite-size dielectric substrates on the mutual coupling between elements of the arrays is described

Keywords

MMIC; dipole antennas; electric impedance; microwave antenna arrays; MMIC antennas; coplanar strip feed lines; electrically thick dielectric substrates; finite-size dielectric substrates; metal strip antennas; metal strip folded dipoles; millimeter-wavelength applications; monolithic microwave integrated circuit antennas; mutual coupling; mutual impedance; self-impedance; three-element arrays; Application specific integrated circuits; Dielectric substrates; Dipole antennas; Feeds; MMICs; Microwave antennas; Microwave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Mutual coupling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.210125

Filename

210125