Improvement of microstrip patch antenna radiation patterns |
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Authors: | Vaughan M.J. Hur K.Y. Compton R.C. |
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Affiliation: | Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY ; |
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Abstract: | Microstrip patch antennas typically have radiation patterns containing unwanted sidelobes or local minima caused by surface waves, especially when fabricated on high dielectric-constant substrates. The paper shows that removal of the substrate beneath the patch can greatly improve the pattern. A variation of this technique, compatible with monolithic fabrication, is applied to fabrication of a patch on GaAs and shows similar pattern improvement |
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