Mutual coupling reduction between two patch antennas using a new miniaturized soft surface structure

Author

Abushamleh, Said ; Al-Rizzo, Hussain ; Abbosh, Amin ; Kishk, Ahmed A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1822

Lastpage

1823

Abstract

Two patch antenna elements are designed to work at 5.8 GHz frequency. The E-plane mutual coupling between the two antenna elements has been reduced by 10 dB by using a new miniaturized soft surface structure that allows a λ₀/2 distance between the patches. The radiation patterns show no significant change in the radiation characteristics, but better directivity, which is expected.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; electromagnetic wave interference; interference suppression; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; periodic structures; E-plane mutual coupling reduction; back radiation reduction; efficiency enhancement; frequency 5.8 GHz; miniaturized soft surface structure; patch antenna elements; periodic structures; printed circuit antennas; radiation characteristics; radiation patterns; surface wave suppression; Antenna radiation patterns; Mutual coupling; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; Surface structures; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711570

Filename

6711570