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Some investigations on the effect of the location of feed on the impedance of a rectangular microstrip antenna operated in the first higher‐order mode
Author(s) -
Paul Pranab,
Roy Jibendu Sekhar,
Poddar Dipak Ranjan,
Chowdhury Santosh Kumar
Publication year - 1991
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.4650040207
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , microstrip , antenna (radio) , mode (computer interface) , patch antenna , electrical impedance , input impedance , antenna feed , acoustics , materials science , physics , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , coaxial antenna , computer science , operating system
The variation of input impedance of a rectangular microstrip antenna with the change of location of feed point is studied. An improvement in the 1:2 VSWR impedance bandwidth is achieved by exciting the antenna at the first higher‐order mode.