An Analysis of Probe-Fed Rectangular Patch Antennas With Multilayer and Multipatch Configurations on Cylindrical Surfaces

Author

Lech, Rafal ; Marynowski, Wojciech ; Kusiek, Adam ; Mazur, Joseph

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave & Antenna Eng., Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland

Volume

62

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

2935

Lastpage

2945

Abstract

A multipatch configuration of probe-fed rectangular microstrip antennas mounted on a cylindrical body, with electrically small radius, with an arbitrary number of substrate and superstrate layers is investigated in this paper. A full-wave analysis and a moment-method calculation are employed. A unified procedure for creating proper matrices for the investigated geometry of the structure is outlined here. Numerical results for the input impedances and radiation patterns are calculated and verified by comparing them with results from the literature and our own measurements of manufactured prototypes.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; method of moments; microstrip antennas; cylindrical surfaces; full-wave analysis; input impedances; moment-method calculation; multilayer configuration; multipatch configuration; probe-fed rectangular microstrip antennas; probe-fed rectangular patch antennas; radiation patterns; substrate layers; superstrate layers; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Substrates; Surface impedance; Antenna radiation patterns; cylindrical antenna; input impedance; microstrip antenna arrays; probe feed;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2014.2313137

Filename

6777325