• DocumentCode
    1336438
  • Title

    Estimation of Gain Enhancement Replacing PTFE by Air Substrate in a Microstrip Patch Antenna [Antenna Designer´s Notebook]

  • Author

    Guha, Debatosh ; Chattopadhya, Sudipta ; Siddiqu, Jawad Y

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Radio Phys. & Electron., Univ. of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    92
  • Lastpage
    95
  • Abstract
    An easy estimation of the gain enhancement of a microstrip patch that occurs when a standard PTFE substrate is replaced by air is presented. The theory is verified for a wide range of antenna dimensions, using some measured and simulated data, indicating very close agreement amongst the data. This approach should be very handy and useful to a designer dealing with air-substrate microstrip antennas.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; PTFE; air substrate antenna; antenna radiation patterns; gain enhancement; microstrip patch antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain measurement; Microstrip antennas; Substrates; Microstrip antennas; air substrate antenna; antenna gain; antenna radiation patterns; improved gain microstrip antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAP.2010.5586581
  • Filename
    5586581
    • Link To Document
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