Title :
The effects of conductor and dielectric back planes on the performance of finite rectangular microstrip antennas
Author :
Tavakkol-Hamedani, Farzad ; Shafai, Lotfollah ; Rafi, Gh Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg, Man., Canada
Abstract :
The effects of flat conductor and dielectric back planes on the performance of a finite rectangular microstrip antenna are studied. It is shown that both back plane types have similar effects on the near and far fields of the microstrip antennas. HFSS software has been utilized for the analysis.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; HFSS software; antenna analysis; dielectric back plane; far field; finite rectangular microstrip antenna; flat conductor back plane; near field; performance; Application software; Coaxial components; Conductors; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Diffraction; Microstrip antennas; Probes; Resonance; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7330-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2002.1016457
