Title :
Microstrip patch antennas with 3-dimensional substrates
Author :
Whittow, William G.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Syst. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Abstract :
This paper investigates the concept of replacing conventional flat 2-D patch antennas with 3-D versions where the substrate height is not uniform. The hypothesis of this work is that the electric fields are not evenly distributed under the patch and hence increasing the height in specific locations can be beneficial in terms of size of performance.
Keywords :
electric fields; microstrip antennas; 3-dimensional substrates; electric fields; microstrip patch antennas; substrate height; Electric fields; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403070
