• DocumentCode
    3117812
  • Title

    Bandwidth enhancement of microstrip antenna with leaky-wave excitation

  • Author

    Nalbandian, V. ; Lee, C.S.

  • Author_Institution
    U.S. Army CECOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    11-16 July 1999
  • Firstpage
    1224
  • Abstract
    One of the most detrimental aspects of microstrip antennas despite their many advantages is narrow bandwidth. Even though numerous successful results have been reported, a bandwidth more than 20% is difficult to achieve. In this paper a new technique is introduced to increase the bandwidth of a microstrip antenna drastically using a leaky-wave concept. Experimental results are shown.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; leaky wave antennas; microstrip antennas; 2.78 GHz; UHF; bandwidth enhancement; leaky-wave excitation; microstrip antenna; Bandwidth; Connectors; Dielectric materials; Feeds; Impedance matching; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip antennas; Probes; Surface impedance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1999. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5639-x
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1999.789534
  • Filename
    789534