• DocumentCode
    2782378
  • Title

    Harmonic impedance and radiation control for an active patch antenna

  • Author

    Elkhazmi, Elmahdi A. ; McEwan, Neil J. ; Ali, Nazar T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bradford Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    251
  • Lastpage
    256
  • Abstract
    A shaping technique for the radiator of an active patch antenna is described, and shown experimentally to reduce harmonic radiation, the result is increased conversion efficiency. The perturbation of resonant mode frequencies in a deformed rectangular patch radiator is discussed as a possible basis for systematic design
  • Keywords
    active antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electric impedance; harmonics; microstrip antennas; active patch antenna; conversion efficiency; deformed rectangular patch radiator; harmonic impedance control; harmonic radiation control; harmonic radiation reduction; radiator shaping technique; resonant mode frequencies perturbation; Geometry; Impedance; Magnetic resonance; Patch antennas; Power amplifiers; Power system harmonics; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Resonant frequency; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2000, 2nd International Conference on. ICMMT 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5743-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMMT.2000.895669
  • Filename
    895669