Bandwidth and size optimisation of a wide-band E-shaped patch antenna

Author

Pedra, A.C.O. ; Bulla, G. ; Serafini, P. ; Fernández, C.R. ; Monser, G. ; de Salles, A.A.A.

Author_Institution

Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

426

Abstract

Bandwidth and size optimisations of a single layer wide-band E-shaped patch antenna, fed through a coaxial probe are described. Maxwell equations are discretized and solved using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method Simulations and measurements using capacitive feeding and shorting pins are presented. Using these techniques, the bandwidth can be improved up to 32% and the antenna area can be reduced up to 60% without significant change in the frequency band.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; antenna feeds; broadband antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; FDTD; Maxwell equations; capacitive feeding; coaxial probe; finite-difference time-domain; wide-band E-shaped patch antenna; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coaxial components; Finite difference methods; Maxwell equations; Patch antennas; Pins; Probes; Time domain analysis; E-shaped antenna; Patch antenna; antenna optimisation; bandwidth optimisation; broad-band antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404295

Filename

4404295