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Design and Manufacture of the Wide-Band Aperture-Coupled Stacked Microstrip Antenna

Fei Zhao,

Dr. Fei Zhao

College of Electronic Science and Engineering

National University of Defense Technology

China

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Ke Xiao,

Dr. Ke Xiao

College of Electronic Science and Engineering

National University of Defense Technology

China

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Wen-Jin Feng,

Dr. Wen-Jin Feng

College of Electronic Science and Engineering

National University of Defense Technology

China

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Shun-Lian Chai,

Dr. Shun-Lian Chai

College of Electronic Science and Engineering

National University of Defense Technology

China

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Jun-Jie Mao

Dr. Jun-Jie Mao

College of Electronic Science and Engineering

National University of Defense Technology

China

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 7, 37-50, 2009

doi:10.2528/PIERC09021801

Abstract

The X-band wide band aperture-coupled stacked microstrip antenna is studied and manufactured. Based on the finite-difference time-domain method, a parametric study of the input impedance of the antenna is presented, and the effects of some parameters which are not easy to control in manufacture of the antenna impedance are illustrated. The structure of screw-plane-support is used for the manufacture of this kind of antenna. And several notes for manufacture are considered based on the parameter analysis. The measured bandwidth in which VSWR≤2 is greater than 50%. The measured results are basically accordant to numerical simulated results. It testifies the capability of the model in expanding bandwidth and validity of this structure. The radiation patterns within operation bandwidth are presented and discussed.

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Fei Zhao, Ke Xiao, Wen-Jin Feng, Shun-Lian Chai, and Jun-Jie Mao, "Design and Manufacture of the Wide-Band Aperture-Coupled Stacked Microstrip Antenna," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 7, 37-50, 2009.
doi:10.2528/PIERC09021801

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