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A feeding scheme for enhancing the impedance bandwidth of a suspended plate antenna
Author(s) -
Ning Chen Zhi,
Chia M. Y. W.
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.10959
Subject(s) - standing wave ratio , electrical impedance , bandwidth (computing) , acoustics , microwave , radiation pattern , electrical engineering , engineering , materials science , antenna (radio) , optics , microstrip antenna , physics , telecommunications
This paper presents a new feeding structure for increasing the impedance bandwidth of a suspended plate antenna. A vertical probe‐fed conducting sheet is used to feed the radiating plate instead of a thin probe. The measurements of the impedance and radiation characteristics of the proposed suspended plate antenna are carried out. A 2:1 VSWR impedance bandwidth of 60% is achieved. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 38: 21–25, 2003