Title :
Use of dielectric sheets to increase the bandwidth of a planar self-complementary antenna array
Author :
Gustafsson, Mats
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electroscience, Lund Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, it is shown that stacking dielectric sheets above planar self-complementary antenna elements can reduce the degrading effect of the ground plane and hence be used to design ultra-wideband antennas
Keywords :
dielectric devices; planar antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; degrading effect; dielectric sheets; ground plane; planar self-complementary antenna array; ultra-wideband antennas; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Dielectrics; Feeds; Frequency; Impedance; Numerical simulation; Polarization; Stacking; Ultra wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711082
