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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2015.52.2.055

Bandwidth Enhancement for a Proximity Coupled Microstrip patch Antenna with an Impedance Matching Network  

Kwak, Eun-Hyuk (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.52, no.2, 2015 , pp. 55-69 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bandwidth enhancement technique for a proximity coupled patch antenna is investigated. The bandwidth and radiation characteristics of a proximity coupled patch antenna with an integrated impedance matching network printed on substrates with various dielectric constants and thicknesses are compared to those of a proximity coupled patch antenna without an impedance matching network. The bandwidth of a proximity coupled patch antenna with an integrated impedance matching network is greatly increased than that of a proximity coupled patch antenna without an impedance matching network without the degradation of radiation characteristics.
Keywords
microstrip patch antenna; proximity coupled feeding; bandwidth enhancement; wide bandwidth; impedance matching network;
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