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The microstrip patch antenna is a low-profile robust planar structure. A wide range of radiation patterns can be achieved with this type of antenna and, due to the ease of manufacture, is inexpensive compared with other types of antennas. However, patch-antenna designs have some limitations such as restricted bandwidth of operation, low gain, and a potential decrease in radiation efficiency due to surface-wave losses. In this paper, a photonic-bandgap (PBG) substrate for patch antennas is proposed, which minimizes the surface-wave effects. In order to verify the performance of this kind of substrate, a configuration with a thick substrate is analyzed. The PBG patch antenna shows significantly reduced levels of surface modes compared to conventional patch antennas, thus improving the gain and far-field radiation pattern
Published in:
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:47
,
Issue:
11
)
Date of Publication: Nov 1999
- Page(s):
- 2131 - 2138
- ISSN :
- 0018-9480
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 6412432
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/22.798009
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 06 August 2002
- Issue Date :
- Nov 1999
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
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