Title :
Design guidelines for tunable coplanar and microstrip patch antennas
Author :
Sankarasubramaniam, Aparna ; Shastry, Prasad N. ; Katragadda, Krishna
Author_Institution :
Validus Technol., Peoria
Abstract :
In this paper, design guidelines for a tunable inset-fed coplanar patch antenna and a tunable aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna are presented. The design procedures are illustrated with the help of examples. The measured tuning ranges of the coplanar and microstrip patch antennas are 240 MHz (1.796-2.036 GHz) and 875 MHz (1.395-2.27 GHz) respectively for a minimum return loss of 10 dB.
Keywords :
aperture antennas; microstrip antennas; tuning; tunable aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna; tunable inset-fed coplanar patch antenna; tuning ranges; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Guidelines; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Tunable circuits and devices; Aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna; Coplanar patch antenna; Index terms; Inset-fed coplanar patch antenna; Microstrip patch antenna; Tunable patch antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference, 2007. EuMIC 2007. European
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-2-87487-002-6
DOI :
10.1109/EMICC.2007.4412760
