Title :
Microstrip patch antennas on substrates with metallic inclusions
Author :
Njoku, C.C. ; Whittow, William G. ; Vardaxoglou, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Syst. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Abstract :
This paper considers the design of microwave patch antennas using bespoke substrates. The permittivity of the substrate is controlled by inserting small scale metallic inclusions into a host medium and can be obtained using an S-parameter inversion algorithm on the results of plane-wave simulations. Electromagnetic simulations have been used to compare the performance of the patch on the heterogeneous substrate to standard homogeneous substrate.
Keywords :
S-parameters; microstrip antennas; permittivity; S-parameter inversion algorithm; bespoke substrate; electromagnetic simulation; heterogeneous substrate; metallic inclusion; microstrip patch antenna; plane-wave simulation; substrate permittivity; Dielectrics; Patch antennas; Permittivity; Substrates; artificial dielectrics; effective media; heterogeneous mixtures; patch antennas;
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.2012.6403091
