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Broadband gap‐coupled half hexagonal microstrip antennas
Author(s) -
Ray K. P.,
Pandey M. D.,
Deshmukh A. A.
Publication year - 2008
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.23069
Subject(s) - broadband , hexagonal crystal system , microstrip antenna , microstrip , bandwidth (computing) , microwave , parametric statistics , coupling (piping) , directional antenna , materials science , electronic engineering , engineering , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , telecommunications , antenna (radio) , mathematics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , statistics , crystallography
Three configurations of compact gap‐coupled half hexagonal microstrip antennas have been presented for broad bandwidth. Parametric studies for the effect of coupling gap and feed point location on the performance of these antennas have been investigated and the results have been validated experimentally. Increase in bandwidth is more than twice for the two configurations and about four times for the third case when compared with that of the corresponding hexagonal microstrip antenna. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 271–275, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23069