• DocumentCode
    3483744
  • Title

    Design of microstrip antenna with broad beamwidth

  • Author

    Li, Yuanchun ; Zhu, Qi ; Yan, Yan ; Wang, Jue ; Xu, Shanjia

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of EEIS, Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    16-20 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Based on the theoretical analysis of microstrip antenna (MSA) loaded with a shorting-pin, a novel MSA with broad beamwidth is proposed. In the structure, multiple layers are used to achieve high radiation efficiency, while a conducting cylinder and a coupling aperture are applied to excite multiple modes to obtain broad beamwidth. Finally, a novel MSA is designed and fabricated as an example. The measured results validate the present design. Compared to traditional MSAs, the present antenna possesses many advantages such as smaller area, broader beamwidth and so on.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; antenna radiation efficiency; broad beamwidth; microstrip antenna; theoretical analysis; Antenna theory; Aperture antennas; Aperture coupled antennas; Current; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Loaded antennas; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Optical coupling; Microstrip antenna (MSA); broad beamwidth; conducting cylinder; coupling aperture;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Macau
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2641-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2642-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.2008.4958152
  • Filename
    4958152