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Performance of microstrip patch antenna on a reinforced carbon fiber composite ground plane
Author(s) -
Mehdipour Aidin,
Sebak AbdelRazik,
Trueman Christopher W.,
Rosca Iosif D.,
Hoa Suong V.
Publication year - 2011
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.25976
Subject(s) - ground plane , microstrip antenna , patch antenna , composite number , materials science , microstrip , microwave , impedance matching , antenna (radio) , composite material , electrical impedance , electrical engineering , engineering , telecommunications
The performance of a microstrip patch antenna operating against a carbon fiber composite ground plane is investigated and compared with results for a copper ground, both numerically and experimentally.An electromagnetic model (EM) of the composite antenna is developed using Microwave Studio for numerical analysis. The ground plane is made of continuous reinforced carbon fiber composite composite, which has anisotropic conductivity. The direction of the fibers in the ground plane affects the current distribution, and hence the impedance bandwidth and the matching characteristics of the antenna. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:1328–1331, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25976