Title :
Microstrip antennas of very high permittivity for personal communications
Author :
Lo, Terry Kin-chung ; Hwang, Yeongming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
Miniature microstrip antennas of very high permittivity materials (εr>35) have been fabricated, measured and analyzed by the FDTD method. Superstrates of appropriate thickness are added on the substrate for gain enhancement. Its size is dramatically reduced and the electrical performance remains comparable with the conventional microstrip antenna of low permittivity. The measured and computed results are in good agreement
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; permittivity; FDTD method; electrical performance; gain enhancement; high permittivity materials; miniature microstrip antennas; personal communications; substrate; superstrates; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Finite difference methods; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Permittivity measurement; Printed circuits; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.659352