Title :
Design of a low cost aperture coupled microstrip antenna for the 900 MHz GSM cellular band
Author :
van Rooyen, M. ; Basso, V.G. ; Palmer, K.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A low cost aperture coupled patch antenna for use in 900 MHz GSM cellular communications is presented. The design is limited to a non-stacked configuration, and the aperture is split in order to prevent slot resonance. A powerful yet simple graphical stub matching technique is presented to improve the bandwidth of the radiating element by a factor of 1.5
Keywords :
UHF antennas; cellular radio; electric impedance; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; 900 MHz; GSM cellular radio; aperture coupled microstrip antenna; bandwidth improvement; graphical stub matching technique; low cost aperture coupled patch antenna; non-stacked configuration; Aperture antennas; Aperture coupled antennas; Bandwidth; Costs; Feeds; GSM; Guidelines; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821913
