Title :
Laminated small H-shaped microstrip patch antenna with improved efficiency
Author :
Raju, R. ; Shafai, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
Efficiency of miniaturized printed antenna can be improved by using a composite conductor, where the single conductor radiating element is replaced by multiple thin laminated conductor filaments. In this paper the application of this concept to a microstrip H-Slot antenna is presented. It is seen through simulations that using the proposed technique around 30% improvement in efficiency was obtained.
Keywords :
laminates; microstrip antennas; composite conductor; laminated small H-shaped microstrip patch antenna; miniaturized printed antenna; multiple thin laminated conductor filaments; single conductor radiating element; Conductors; Loaded antennas; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; antenna efficiency improvement; antenna miniaturization; artificial conductor; laminated conductor; small antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2014 16th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEM.2014.6887665
