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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/JKIEES.2012.12.4.247

Front-to-Back Ratio Improvement of a Microstrip Patch Antenna Loaded with Soft Surface Structure in a Partially Removed Ground Plane  

Lee, Hong-Min (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science / v.12, no.4, 2012 , pp. 247-253 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents a new, simple method for improving the front-to-back (F/B) ratio of a microstrip patch antenna. The back radiation of the microstrip patch antenna is reduced by removing some metallic parts around the ground plane and placing a new soft-surface configuration, consisting of an array of stand-up split-ring resonators on a bare dielectric substrate near the two ground plane edges. Compared to the F/B ratio of a conventional microstrip patch antenna with a full ground plane of the same size, our proposed microstrip patch antenna experimentally achieves an improved F/B ratio of 9.6 dB.
Keywords
Front-to-Back Ratio; Microstrip Patch Antenna; Removed Ground Plane; Soft-Surface; Split Ring Resonator (SRR);
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