Analysis of the cylindrical-rectangular patch antenna

An analysis is presented of a thin cylindrical-rectangular microstrip patch antenna. After obtaining the electric field under the curved patch and the resonant frequencies using the cavity model, the far-field is found by considering the equivalent magnetic current radiating in the presence of a cylindrical surface. The input impedance and the total Q-factor are then calculated. Numerical and graphical results are presented to illustrate the effect of curvature on the characteristics of the TM₁₀ and TM₀₁ modes     

W波段宽带SIW背腔缝隙天线

W波段（75~110 GHz）的电磁波大气吸收率低、波长短、可用频带宽,在雷达、通信等领域应用广泛.文章设计了一种W波段基片集成波导（substrate integrated waveguide,SIW）背腔缝隙天线,-10 dB的阻抗带宽达到28.6%（78.93~105.24 GHz）,覆盖了W波段75%的频带范围.天线采用双层基片结构.上层为SIW谐振腔及四条辐射缝隙构成的谐振辐射单元,谐振腔内同时存在TM₁₃₀与TM₃₁₀混合模、TM₃₂₀模以及TM₃₃₀模三种高次模,和辐射缝隙一起形成多谐特性,实现带宽拓展;底层为通过耦合缝隙馈电的集成波导,易于扩展成平面网络,构建高增益背腔缝隙天线阵列.该天线频带宽、交叉极化低、剖面低、易于与平面微波电路集成、加工成本低,具有良好的应用前景.     

Theory and experiment of a coaxial probe fed hemisphericaldielectric resonator antenna

A hemispherical dielectric resonator antenna fed by a coaxial probe is studied both theoretically and experimentally. The Green's function for the evaluation of the input impedance is derived rigorously and expressed in a form convenient for numerical computations. The method of moments is used to obtain the probe current from which the input impedance of the DR antenna is calculated. Both delta gap and magnetic frill source models are considered. Moreover, the results using a reduced kernel as well as the exact kernel are presented. Both entire basis (EB) and piecewise sinusoidal (PWS) expansion modes are used and the results are compared. The effects of the probe length, feed position, and dielectric constant on the input impedance are discussed. Finally, the theoretical radiation patterns for the first three resonant modes (TE₁₁₁, TM₁₀₁, and TE₂₂₁) of the DR antenna are presented     

Wideband circular patch antenna operated at TM01 mode

The characteristics of a circular patch microstrip antenna with a top-loaded monopole feed are investigated. Air is used as the dielectric substrate. The distance between the radiating patch and ground plane is ~0.15λ₀. The patch is excited in the TM₀₁ mode. An impedance bandwidth (SWR<2) of 50% and an average gain of 5dBi are obtained     

Surface wave excitation on a microstrip ring antenna

A theoretical analysis of the excitation of surface waves on a microstrip ring antenna is presented. The problem is formulated using dyadic Green's functions in a layered medium with magnetic-type equivalent current sources. The integral equation for the fields is solved in the wave number complex plane so that the fields from space and surface waves are obtained separately. The space wave radiation efficiency is calculated for the TM₁₁, TM₁₂, and TM₁₃ modes for various values of the normalized dielectric substrate thickness, d/λ₀. It is noted that the TM₁₃ mode radiates more efficiently than the TM₁₁ and TM₁₂ modes. The results are of importance in the design of these antennas     

A wider band microstrip antenna for circular polarization

Circular polarization is achieved by separating two degenerate orthogonal modes in an annular ring patch antenna, by using an ear at the outer periphery. The analysis of such a structure is performed by using the generalized transmission line model. It is found theoretically that this structure can be used to generate circular polarization over a wider frequency range than other structures. An annular ring is designed and its performance is evaluated. Good agreement between the theory and the experiment is obtained. It is also found that the axial ratio bandwidth is higher for the TM₁₂ mode than the TM₃₂ mode of operation in an annular ring antenna     

Input impedance of annular ring microstrip antenna using circuit theory approach

Input impedance and bandwidth of an annular ring microstrip antenna have been determined by modeling the antenna as a section of radial line loaded with wall admittances. The effect of mutual coupling between the radiating apertures has been taken into account. The theoretically calculated values of input impedance for TM12-mode are compared with measurements. The agreement is good. Higher order modes have been found to be present in the vicinity of TM12-mode. The reactance due to these modes can be utilized to increase the voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) bandwidth of the antenna.     

Microstrip antenna on a conical surface

A theoretical analysis of microstrip antennas on conical conducting surfaces is presented. The resonant frequency, input impedance, radiation pattern, quality factor, and efficiency are obtained for a general geometry. Numerical results for a patch antenna with a cone angle &thetas;₀=33.88° operating in the fundamental TM₀₁ mode are shown     

Cylindrical cavity-backed suspended stripline antenna-theory andexperiment

The problem of a cylindrical cavity-backed suspended stripline (SSL) antenna is viewed as a transition of the SSL to a circular cylindrical waveguide opening into an infinite ground plane. The fields in the waveguide are expanded in terms of TE and TM modes. The effect of the radiating aperture on the modal expansion of the fields is taken into account by introducing reflection coefficients for each mode. The current on the SSL probe is assumed to have sinusoidal distribution. These simplifications reduce the original problem to that of a known radially oriented current residing on a dielectric sheet inside a circular-cylindrical cavity whose top wall has known impedances corresponding to different modes. The Green's function for this modified structure is found and is used to obtain a general expression for the input impedance. This expression is specialized to the case where the SSL probe and the radiating aperture are coupled through the dominant TE ₁₁ mode only. This input impedance is translated to the measurement plane of the antenna. The computed and measured results are found to be in good agreement     

Characteristics of the cylindrical-circular patch antenna

An analysis of a thin cylindrical-circular microstrip patch antenna is presented. Using the cavity model as a base, formulas are obtained for the far-zone electric field and the input impedance of a coax-fed patch. Numerical and graphical results are given to illustrate the effects of curvature on the characteristics of the TM₁₁ mode     

Input impedance of annular-ring microstrip antennas with adielectric cover

A theoretical and numerical analysis of the annular-ring microstrip antenna with a dielectric cover is performed. The problem is formulated in the Hankel transform domain, taking a coaxial feed into consideration. The integral equations for the surface current density on the patch are derived. Galerkin's method is used to solve for the surface current density, and a stationary formula for the input impedance is obtained. Numerical results showing the effects of a dielectric cover on the TM₁₂ mode of the annular ring are given. It is found that the dielectric cover reduces the resonant frequency, decreases the resonant resistance, and increases the impedance bandwidth     

The mode features of an annular sector microstrip antenna

A rigorous analysis of the features of the modes of an annular sector printed microstrip antenna is presented. General expressions for its radiation field are derived by using the cavity model. The expressions are used to study the radiation patterns, radiation peak in the broadside direction, and beamwidth of different structures for various sector angles, widths, and modes of excitation. This includes the special cases of quarter-, half-, three-quarters-, and ideal-gap open-ring structures. Compared to a closed ring, the results indicate that the TM₁₂ mode is superior to the TM₁₁ mode with regard to the radiation properties in the annular sector as its angle approaches 2π     

On the circular polarization operation of annular-ring microstripantennas

Circular polarization (CP) operation of an annular-ring microstrip antenna with a pair of inserted slits at its fundamental TM₁₁ mode is proposed and experimentally investigated. Two examples of the proposed antenna fed using a microstrip line at the inner and outer patch boundaries are studied. Results show that the proposed antenna can have good CP performance and, moreover, the required antenna size at a fixed CP operation can be much less than that of a conventional circularly polarized circular microstrip antenna operated at the TM₁₁ mode. Details of the proposed antenna for CP operation are described and experimental results of the CP performance are presented and discussed     

L-probe proximity-fed annular ring microstrip antennas

A broadband single-layer annular ring microstrip antenna fed by an L-shaped probe is studied. It achieves, for the TM₁₁ mode, an impedance bandwidth of about 24% [standing wave ratio (SWR) ⩽2], a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 33%, and a maximum gain of 7.5 dBi. For the TM ₁₂ mode, an impedance bandwidth of about 27% (SWR ⩽2), a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 15.5% and a peak gain of 10.3 dBi are obtained. A foam substrate of thickness around 10% of the operating wavelength in free-space is used as the supporting substrate. The far-field radiation patterns are stable across the passband     

基于多模谐振的低剖面宽带贴片天线

为了增加贴片天线的工作带宽和改善其辐射特性,提出了一种基于多模谐振的低剖面贴片天线。通过在矩形贴片的非辐射边加载短路壁降低H面的高交叉极化,在贴片下方加载短路销钉提高TM_1/2,0模式的谐振频率（f_1/2,0）;然后在TM_3/2,0模式的零电流位置处切割一个矩形缝隙来激发辐射缝隙模式（TM_RS）,得到低剖面、宽频带和低交叉极化的三模谐振贴片天线;最后通过增加贴片宽度和调整天线结构,降低TM_1/2,2模式的频率（f _1/2,2）,实现了四模谐振。仿真和实测结果表明该四模谐振贴片天线在0.03λ₀的厚度下可将带宽增加到21.7% (2.67～3.32 GHz).     

A Novel Compact Printed Antenna Used in TPMS or Other Complex and Variable Environments

A novel compact printed antenna used in tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is proposed and analyzed in this paper. The proposed antenna is printed on both sides of the dielectric substrate and the upper side consists of four parts: (1) the meandered radiating sections; (2) the additional strip line, which is used as a shorting connector and an additional radiating portion; (3) the feed microstrip line; and (4) the loading meandered sections, which are mainly used to improve the impedance bandwidth. The lower side consists of a meandered ground plane, which can also act as a balun choke and the extended parallel strap, which acts not only as a shorting connector but also as an impedance-tuning strap. A prototype of the proposed antenna with 0.17 lambda₀ in length, 0.017 lambda₀ in width and 0.0021 lambda₀ in height has been fabricated and tested. The relative impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna reaches 22% (VSWR < 3.0) and 12% (VSWR < 2.0), and the antenna has an acceptable relative gain and its performance is relatively stable. Therefore, it also can be used in other complex and variable environments besides TPMS. When the length of the antenna is reduced to 0.098 lambda₀, the relative impedance bandwidth exceeds 28% (VSWR < 2.0). But the antenna's performance will become less stable, which may be the same as that of the conventional compact monopole antenna. Design details of the proposed antenna and the results of both simulations and experiments are presented and discussed.     

Propagation of infrared radiation in hollow microstructuralcylindrical waveguides

Theoretical and numerical results are presented on the propagation of infrared radiation in TE₀₁-, TM₀₁-, and TE₁₁-like modes in an empty cylindrical, gold-coated waveguide of micron dimensions. Low-loss propagation is possible for the TE₀₁-like mode, whose configuration is similar to that of the TE₀₁ mode in a guide with perfectly conducting walls. Propagation is more lossy for the TM₀₁- and TE₁₁-like modes. While for small guide radii these modes resemble the TM₀₁ and TE₁₁ modes in a guide with perfectly conducting walls, they transform into surface waves as the guide radius is increased, with losses that are independent of guide radius     

A broad-band transmission line model for a rectangular microstripantenna

A method is developed using the transmission line model to predict the input characteristics of rectangular microstrip antennas over a wide band of frequencies. A series combination of transmission lines is used to represent each transverse magnetic (TM) model. Following a brief summary of the basic transmission line model, the idea of an equivalent length, width, and feed offset are introduced to model each mode. The results predicted by the model compared well with experimental results that assumed varying feed positions. The concept of equivalent length, width, and feed offset was validated by experimental results but shows that the equivalent offset term needs some improvement. The number of modes incorporated in the model depends on the frequency range over which the antenna must be modeled. Using three transmission lines gives good results up to the frequency at which the TM₀₂ mode is excited     

Patch antenna equivalent to simple monopole

Properties of a circular patch antenna with radiation characteristics similar to those of a resonant monopole are presented. The TM₀₁ mode excited patch on a small ground plane radiates a null on boresight and is easy to match to a 50 Ω line. Applications include mobile vehicle applications and wireless LANs     

Input impedance of a coaxial line probe feeding a circularwaveguide in the TM01 mode

By means of the conversion of complex power technique (CCPT), a formally exact full-wave solution is given for the case of a coaxial line probe fending a circular waveguide for TM₀₁ modal excitation. The overall scattering matrix of the coaxial-line-prove-circular-waveguide system is deduced. Numerical results for the impedance as `seen' by the coaxial line are presented and compared with experimental results obtained in the 9.0-11.5-GHz frequency range. Their agreement is reasonably good except at the lower frequencies (<10.0 GHz), where the TM₀₁ mode in the circular guide is close to its cutoff frequency (8.14 GHz)