Title :
Comparative study of microstrip patch antenna feed network
Author :
Jamali, B. ; Cook, Tom
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
This paper presents a comparative study of patch antenna feed structures. That includes microstrip line feed, inset feed, coaxial feed, aperture coupled feed and proximity coupled feed. Matching between the patch antenna and the feed network heavily depends on the feed technique used. In this work we review various feeding techniques to provide an understanding of the important design parameters and their effects on the bandwidth, gain and the other important antenna characteristics. Various simulation tools, commercial and internally developed are used during this work.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; aperture-coupled antennas; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; antenna characteristics; aperture coupled feed; coaxial feed; inset feed; microstrip line feed; microstrip patch antenna feed network; proximity coupled feed; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Feeds; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; VSWR; gain pattern; line feed; matching; patch antenna; pin feed; return loss;
Conference_Titel :
Radar (Radar), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5177-5
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2013.6651981
