Title :
Broadband focusing using aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna arrays
Author :
Nayeri, Payam ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Haupt, Randy L.
Author_Institution :
EECS, Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
A new design for a broadband focused planar array using aperture-coupled stacked patches is presented. The array has a Dolph-Tschebyscheff amplitude taper. Mutual coupling is compensated by using the active scattering matrix. A 4×4 focused planar array antenna having a bandwidth of 26.5% is demonstrated.
Keywords :
aperture antennas; broadband antennas; matrix algebra; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; Dolph-Tschebyscheff amplitude taper; active scattering matrix; aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna arrays; aperture coupled stacked patches; broadband focused planar array; mutual coupling; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Mutual coupling; Antenna arrays; broadband; focused array; microstrip antenna; mutual coupling;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
