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Design of compact microstrip antennas using a modified ground plane
Author(s) -
Mythili P.,
Mridula S.,
Paul Binu,
Mohanan P.
Publication year - 2010
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.25592
Subject(s) - ground plane , bandwidth (computing) , microwave , microstrip , compact space , microstrip antenna , acoustics , electronic engineering , engineering , computer science , physics , optics , materials science , electrical engineering , mathematics , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , antenna (radio)
A method for simultaneously enhancing the bandwidth and reducing the size of microstrip antennas (MSAs) using a modified ground plane (GP) has been proposed with design formulas.A comb‐shaped truncated GP is used for this purpose. This method provides an overall compactness up to 85% for proximity‐coupled MSAs in the frequency range of 900 MHz–5.5 GHz with an improvement in bandwidth up to seven times when compared with the conventional ones. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52:2748–2753, 2010; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25592