TY - JOUR
T1 - Slot-coupled back-to-back microstrip antenna with an omni- or a bi-directional radiation pattern
AU - Iwasaki, H.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - A new slot-coupled back-to-back microstrip antenna is proposed. Two rectangular patches are arranged relative to a slot on the ground plane. The proposed microstrip antenna has an omni-directional or a bi-directional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane. The characteristics of the proposed antenna were clarified by experiments. The input impedances and radiation patterns were measured as a parameter of the length of various slots. Good input impedances and radiation patterns were obtained. The mechanism to realise these radiation patterns was clarified by using an electromagnetic simulator. The application of the proposed antenna to obtain a circularly polarised bi-directional radiation pattern is also described.
AB - A new slot-coupled back-to-back microstrip antenna is proposed. Two rectangular patches are arranged relative to a slot on the ground plane. The proposed microstrip antenna has an omni-directional or a bi-directional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane. The characteristics of the proposed antenna were clarified by experiments. The input impedances and radiation patterns were measured as a parameter of the length of various slots. Good input impedances and radiation patterns were obtained. The mechanism to realise these radiation patterns was clarified by using an electromagnetic simulator. The application of the proposed antenna to obtain a circularly polarised bi-directional radiation pattern is also described.
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U2 - 10.1049/ip-map:19990343
DO - 10.1049/ip-map:19990343
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032628962
VL - 146
SP - 219
EP - 223
JO - IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
JF - IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
SN - 1350-2417
IS - 3
ER -