Title :
Derivation of the green’s function for a microstrip antenna to Enhance Performance Using Material Perturbations
Author :
Girard, Jason A. ; Havrilla, Michael J. ; Collins, Peter
Author_Institution :
Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson
Abstract :
Microstrip antennas have been shown to radiate when the dominant or fundamental mode is suppressed and the first higher order mode is excited. One such microstrip variation is the Thiele Half-Width (THW) antenna, which operates from 5.9 - 8.2 GHz in this paper. Increasing the bandwidth over which the THW antenna operates is desired, as is an increase in the leakage constant, a, over this region. A larger a over the leaky region will allow for the antenna to be shorter in length, while still operating as a traveling wave antenna.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; Greens function; Thiele half-width antenna; frequency 5.9 GHz to 8.2 GHz; material perturbations; microstrip antennas; traveling wave antenna; Bandwidth; Conducting materials; Conductors; Dielectric materials; Finite difference methods; Green´s function methods; Microstrip antennas; Permittivity; Propagation constant; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4396397
