Radiation Characteristics of Rectangular Patch Antennas with an Array of Pins

The patch antennas with an array of pins (pin array patch antennas) with excellent radiation characteristics are investigated for various substrate thicknesses.The radiation in the horizontal plane of a pin array patch antenna is very small campared to that of a conventional patch antenna.And the increase of forward radiation and the decrease of backward radiation of a pin array patch antenna are tained than these conventional one's.Also the half-power beamwidth of E-plane radiation pattern of a pin array patch antenna is narrower compared to that of the conventional so that the directivity is improved.