Title :
An impedance-agile microstrip patch antenna with loading of a shorting pin
Author :
Xiao Zhang;Lei Zhu
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
Abstract :
An impedance-agile microstrip patch antenna loaded with a shorting pin is proposed in this paper. A metallic pin is introduced to short the patch with the ground at a certain location. Thus, electric field beneath the path is perturbed to influence the input impedance. By properly choosing the pin location, the input impedance of the microstrip patch antenna can be adjusted in a wide range without changing patch shape or adding an impedance matching branch.
Keywords :
"Impedance","Microstrip","Microstrip antennas","Patch antennas","Decision support systems","Electric fields"
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (APMC), 2015 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8765-8
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2015.7411777
