Title :
Input impedance and mutual coupling of rectangular microstrip antennas
Author_Institution :
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
fDate :
11/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A moment method solution to the problem of input impedance and mutual coupling of rectangular microstrip antenna elements is presented. The formulation uses the grounded dielectric slab Green´s function to account rigorously for the presence of the substrate and surface waves. Both entire basis (EB) and piecewise sinosoidal (PWS) expansion modes are used, and their relative advantages are noted. Calculations of input impedance and mutual coupling are compared with measured data and other calculatious.
Keywords :
Antenna mutual coupling; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Green´s function methods; Impedance measurement; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Mutual coupling; Slabs; Surface impedance; Surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1982.1142934
