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GSM base‐station antenna built using composite materials technology
Author(s) -
Borowiec R.,
Słobodzian 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.11026
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , microwave , gsm , antenna (radio) , engineering , composite number , microstrip , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , mechanical engineering , materials science , telecommunications , composite material
Abstract This paper presents some aspects concerning the use of composite materials for manufacturing microstrip antenna arrays, along with key problems related to the incorporation of such materials into antenna design. As an example, an integrated microstrip antenna array with electrically down‐tilted beam for the GSM900 system is described. The applicability of composite materials technology has been proven by mechanical strength test and electrical parameter measurement results, which are also briefly reported herein. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 38: 240–244, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11026