Title :
Ground plane effect on the performance of a printed Minkowski monopole antenna
Author :
Tsachtsiris, G. ; Soras, C. ; Karaboikis, M. ; Makios, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
This paper concentrates on a printed Minkowski monopole antenna that uses the ground plane as an active part of the radiating system. The effect of the antenna´s placement on the input impedance characteristics of the antenna-ground system is initially investigated and a method to fine tune the system in its worst case is proposed. The influence of the ground plane dimensions on the resonant frequency, bandwidth and input resistance are also examined.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; electric impedance measurement; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; antenna-ground system; antennas placement; ground plane effect; input impedance characteristics; printed Minkowski monopole antenna; radiating system; resonant frequency; Bandwidth; Costs; Design engineering; Electromagnetic radiation; Fractal antennas; Geometry; Impedance; Laboratories; Performance gain; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2003. ICECom 2003. 17th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
953-6037-39-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2003.1290988
