• DocumentCode
    471002
  • Title

    Compact Planar Microstrip Antenna Element for Wide-Scan Angle Active Phased Arrays

  • Author

    Beenamole, K.S. ; Kutiyal, P.N.S. ; Revankar, U.K. ; Pandharipande, V.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Radar Dev. Establ., Bangalore
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-16 Nov. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A new compact planar microstrip antenna element is reported for active phased array applications. The element has been designed in S-band frequency with a wide beamwidth better than 120 degrees. The antenna element gives a VSWR of 1:2 over a bandwidth of 11% in S-band. The element is fabricated on a low cost glass epoxy (FR4) substrate for cost effectiveness.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; FR4 glass epoxy substrate; S-band; active phased array application; compact planar microstrip antenna element; meander line; wide scan angle active phased arrays; Active phased array element; Meander line; Microstrip antenna; Wide-scan angle;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-86341-842-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4458720