Title :
High gain wideband compact microstrip antenna with quasi-planar surface mount horn
Author :
Rahman, Alias Abdul ; Verma, Anil Kumar ; Omar, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Microwave & Commun. Eng., Univ. of Magdeburg, Germany
Abstract :
We report a new compact square microstrip antenna with a surface mounted quasi-planar horn. The horn is made of plastic sheet and painted with silver epoxy. The horn improves the gain of the patch by 3-4.5 dB without adversely affecting bandwidth which is 2.3-9%.. Also the horn improves the isolation between array elements by 10 dB. The total thickness of antenna, including the horn, is only 6.94 mm.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; horn antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; 6.94 mm; array elements; high gain microstrip antenna; isolation; plastic sheet; quasi-planar surface mount horn; silver epoxy paint; square microstrip antenna; wideband compact microstrip antenna; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Horn antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Microwave communication; Patch antennas; Phased arrays; Plastics; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1211003
