Open AccessIncreased beam tilt angle from a patch antenna with three inhomogeneous loop‐based plates
Author(s) -
Nakano H.,
Kameta Y.,
Yamauchi J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2017.3243
Subject(s) - ground plane , tilt (camera) , antenna (radio) , patch antenna , optics , microstrip antenna , physics , beam (structure) , loop antenna , loop (graph theory) , antenna factor , geometry , mathematics , engineering , electrical engineering , combinatorics
An antenna system composed of an activated patch backed by a ground plane and three square parasitic plates with inhomogeneous loops is analysed using the finite‐difference time‐domain method. Analysis of an antenna with an infinite ground plane reveals that a tilted beam of ∼60° from the broadside direction is obtained with a gain of ∼18 dBi. For confirmation, an antenna system with a finite‐sized ground plane that approximates the antenna characteristics for the infinite ground plane is fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the analysis results.