Title :
Design of a compact and wideband microstrip antenna array
Author :
Xiao, Jiang ; Zhu, Min Hui
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Microwave Imaging Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A compact and wideband aperture coupled microstrip antenna array is presented In this work. The low cross-polarization and low back radiations are achieved by using an aperture-coupled configuration with a metal reflector. A good match taped feed network design enables a good bandwidth of 8% (VSWR=1.5:1) in the L band and low sidelobe levels. The total area of the array is only 1.35×0.26 m2.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; aperture-coupled antennas; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; reflector antennas; 0.26 m; 1.2 to 1.3 GHz; 1.35 m; L band antenna; aperture coupled antenna array; compact microstrip antenna array; low back radiations; low cross-polarization; low sidelobe level; matched taped feed network; metal reflector; wideband microstrip antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Broadband antennas; Dielectrics; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Personal communication networks; Space technology; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications, 2004. Proceedings. ICCEA 2004. 2004 3rd International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8562-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEA.2004.1459318
