• DocumentCode
    1701835
  • Title

    Experimental investigation of microstrip antenna behavior beside lossy dielectric materials

  • Author

    Pan, K.H. ; Moore, T.G. ; Bernhard, J.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    470
  • Abstract
    An internal antenna configuration that includes a lossy dielectric cover is investigated. This configuration delivers broader bandwidth and acceptable gain although the efficiency of the total system will suffer due to ohmic losses in the chassis. These experiments help to quantify the effects of lossy dielectric plastic beside microstrip patch antennas and indicate that internal antenna designs can be compatible with lossy plastic chassis.
  • Keywords
    absorbing media; dielectric materials; losses; microstrip antennas; plastics; radomes; antenna gain; bandwidth; internal antenna configuration; lossy dielectric cover; lossy dielectric materials; lossy dielectric plastic; lossy plastic chassis; microstrip antenna; microstrip patch antennas; ohmic losses; system efficiency; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Conducting materials; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Microstrip antennas; Permittivity measurement; Plastics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7070-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2001.959500
  • Filename
    959500