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Use of extended ground plane to improve the performance of a slot‐loop antenna with narrow outer conductor
Author(s) -
Song Yuming,
Modro Joseph C.,
O'Riordan Pauline,
Wu Zhipeng
Publication year - 2006
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.21608
Subject(s) - ground plane , conductor , microwave , wavelength , optics , slot antenna , bandwidth (computing) , loop (graph theory) , electrical impedance , antenna (radio) , loop antenna , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , dipole antenna , telecommunications , antenna factor , materials science , mathematics , combinatorics , composite material
The performance of a slot‐loop antenna with a very narrow outer conductor can be significantly improved by connecting to an extended ground plane whose length is a quarter wavelength. The antenna has a reduced size and wider impedance bandwidth. Simulations have been carried out in the one‐wavelength and two‐wavelength modes and confirmed by experiments. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 1088–1092, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21608