Title :
Size reduction of microstrip antennas
Author :
Lee, C.S. ; Tseng, K.-H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, USA
fDate :
10/11/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A scheme to reduce the size of a microstrip antenna is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. For a given operating frequency the patch length is significantly reduced when microstrip width discontinuities are introduced in the middle of the antenna patch
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; microstrip antenna; patch length; resonant frequency; size reduction; width discontinuity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010890
