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Compact series FED tapered antenna array using unequal rectangular microstrip antenna elements
Author(s) -
Singh Bharati,
Sarwade Nisha,
Ray Kamla Prasan
Publication year - 2017
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.30640
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , antenna factor , antenna (radio) , patch antenna , antenna measurement , side lobe , coaxial antenna , optics , microstrip , antenna aperture , physics , acoustics , electronic engineering , dipole antenna , engineering , electrical engineering
This article presents a design of a series fed compact antenna array based on the concept of gain variation of a rectangular microstrip antenna for a desired aperture/amplitude distribution to suppress the first side lobe level (FSLL). An analysis is presented in the X band with respect to the number of elements for series fed antenna arrays. The requirement of a compact design having few numbers of elements with reduced FSLL and beam tilt of 50 degrees has been realized. Simulated results are experimentally validated with reasonable agreement.