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Four FET active integrated microstrip antenna
Author(s) -
Eccleston Kimberley W.
Publication year - 2009
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.24768
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , electrical engineering , engineering , antenna (radio) , microwave , microstrip , patch antenna , electronic engineering , antenna measurement , optoelectronics , telecommunications , physics
In this article, an active integrated microstrip antenna combining the output power of four field‐effect transistors (FETs) is described. The radiation pattern is similar to a four‐element phased array. The antenna is fed along its nonradiating edge thereby permitting the FETs to be connected directly to it. A prototype operating at 2.455 GHz demonstrates the feasibility of the antenna. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2997–3000, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24768