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Artificial magnetic conductors as reflectors for low sidelobe antenna arrays
Author(s) -
Zhang Ying,
Younis Marwan,
Fischer Christian,
von Hagen Jürgen,
Wiesbeck Werner
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10739
Subject(s) - reflector (photography) , conductor , periscope antenna , aperture (computer memory) , optics , antenna (radio) , microwave , electrical conductor , perfect conductor , parabolic antenna , engineering , cassegrain antenna , electrical engineering , antenna measurement , physics , acoustics , telecommunications , materials science , light source , scattering , composite material
Noticeably lower sidelobe levels in aperture‐coupled patch antenna arrays are achieved by an artificial perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) reflector rather than a traditional reflector. The reduction of parallel‐plate modes is analyzed. The patterns of the antenna array are measured with both a perfect electric conductor (PEC) reflector and a PMC reflector. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 36: 267–270, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10739

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