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A wideband rectangular microstrip antenna using an asymmetric T‐shaped feed
Author(s) -
Lethakumary B.,
Me Sreedevi K.,
Aanandan C. K.,
Mohanan P.
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.10815
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , standing wave ratio , folded inverted conformal antenna , microstrip , wideband , patch antenna , microwave , bandwidth (computing) , antenna feed , electrical engineering , acoustics , electronic engineering , engineering , physics , materials science , antenna factor , antenna (radio) , telecommunications
An electromagnetically coupled T‐shaped microstrip feed used to enhance the impedance bandwidth of a rectangular microstrip antenna is reported. The proposed antenna offers a 2:1 VSWR bandwidth of ∼36% with an increase in gain of 0.8 dB. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 37: 31–32, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/mop.10815