Analysis of grounded coplanar waveguide fed patches and waveguides

Author

Dib, N. ; Omar, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Jordan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Irbid, Jordan

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

13-18 July 1997

Firstpage

2530

Abstract

A microstrip patch antenna directly fed by a grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) is investigated using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. Moreover, the patch is used to couple energy to a rectangular waveguide (RW) by placing the waveguide opening around the patch. For a 10 dB return loss. A relative bandwidth of 14% is obtained for a GCPW-to-RW transition. A back-to-back GCPW-to-RW transition is analyzed and found to have good insertion loss characteristics which verifies that power is indeed coupled to the waveguide.

Keywords

antenna feeds; coplanar waveguides; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; rectangular waveguides; waveguide theory; 10 dB; 10.8 to 12.3 GHz; GCPW; GCPW-to-RW transition; finite difference time domain method; grounded coplanar waveguide fed patches; insertion loss characteristics; microstrip patch antenna; power coupling; rectangular waveguide; waveguide opening; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Electromagnetic waveguides; Feeds; Finite difference methods; Microstrip; Patch antennas; Rectangular waveguides; Time domain analysis; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4178-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1997.625517

Filename

625517