X-band equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna for microwave systems

Author

Pushpanjali, G.M. ; Ambresh, P.A. ; Mulgi, S.N. ; Vani, R.M. ; Hunagund, P.V.

Author_Institution

Central Univ. of Karnataka, Gulbarga, India

fYear

2013

fDate

27-28 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a method of improving the impedance bandwidth of two-element equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna (TEETMPA) using aperture coupled feeding technique. The practical results show an enhancement in impedance bandwidth of TEETMPA compared to the impedance bandwidth of two-element conventional equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna (TECETMPA). By loading rectangular parasitic element in the form of gap-coupling between the two triangular radiating patches in TEETMPA and inserting a slot in the parasitic element, further enhancement in the impedance bandwidth of the antenna by 1.61 times more when compared to TECETMPA and 1.404 times more when compared to TEETMPA is obtained. Proposed antennas may find applications in microwave systems. The design concepts and practical results of these antennas are discussed.

Keywords

antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; TECETMPA; TEETMPA; X-band equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna; aperture coupled feeding technique; impedance bandwidth enhancement; microwave systems; parasitic element; rectangular parasitic element; triangular radiating patches; two-element conventional equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna; two-element equilateral triangular microstrip patch antenna; aperture coupling; bandwidth; gap-coupling; patch antennas; return loss; triangle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Research & Technology in the Coming Decades (CRT 2013), National Conference on Challenges in

Conference_Location

Ujire

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-868-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2013.2505

Filename

6851552