• DocumentCode
    317498
  • Title

    Improving the mechanical tolerances and radiation performance of shorted patches

  • Author

    Waterhouse, R.B. ; Targonski, S.D. ; Kokotoff, D.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. & Electron. Eng., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol., Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    13-18 July 1997
  • Firstpage
    1852
  • Abstract
    In this paper we have investigated techniques to improve the overall performance of shorted microstrip patch antennas. Problems with mechanical tolerances and high H-plane cross-polarized fields have been addressed and solutions proposed which can alleviate these drawbacks.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; high H-plane cross-polarized fields; mechanical tolerances; radiation performance; shorted microstrip patch antennas; Antenna feeds; Coaxial components; Counting circuits; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Pins; Polarization; Probes; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4178-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1997.631626
  • Filename
    631626