Radiation efficiency and surface waves for patch antennas on inhomogeneous substrates
Författare
Summary, in English
Surface wave characteristics and radiation efficiency are calculated for a patch antenna with a given current distribution and located on top of an inhomogeneous, isotropic substrate. The substrate is infinite in the lateral directions and inhomogeneous with respect to the height coordinate. The surface waves in the substrate are analysed using the propagator technique and residue calculus. The propagators and the residues are found by solving two sets of systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Several dispersion curves of the surface waves for inhomogeneous substrates are calculated. The radiation efficiency is compared with the corresponding quantities of a printed antenna on a homogeneous substrate.
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
477-483
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
IEE Proceedings - Microwaves Antennas and Propagation
Volym
150
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
IEE
Ämne
- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Electromagnetic theory
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1350-2417