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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2014.51.7.049

Effects of the Dielectric Constant and Thickness of a Feed Substrate on the Characteristics of an Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna  

Bak, Hye-Lin (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Koo, Hwan-Mo (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
Kim, Boo-Gyoun (School of Electronic Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.51, no.7, 2014 , pp. 49-59 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of the dielectric constant and thickness of a feed substrate on the bandwidth and radiation characteristics of an aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna (ACMPA) are investigated. The optimized return loss bandwidth of an ACMPA increases without the degradation of radiation characteristics as the feed substrate dielectric constant increases for the same feed substrate thickness. The optimized return loss bandwidth of an ACMPA with the dielectric constant of a feed substrate of 10, which is compatible with the high dielectric constant monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) materials, increases without the degradation of radiation characteristics as the thickness of a feed substrate decreases. The ACMPA configuration is suitable for integration with MMICs.
Keywords
microstrip patch antenna; aperture coupling; feed substrate; Integration with MMIC; bandwidth;
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