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2014-03-10
Mutual Coupling Reduction of a Dual-Frequency Microstrip Antenna Array by Using U-Shaped DGS and Inverted U-Shaped Microstrip Resonator
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 48, 61-68, 2014
Abstract
A compact U-shaped defective ground structure (DGS) and an inverted U-shaped resonator are introduced in order to reduce the mutual coupling (MC) between two slotted microstrip antennas at two different resonance frequencies. The proposed DGS and resonator have the same electrical length and both are placed in between two patch antennas, as a technique to suppress the occurrence of MC at two different frequency bands. The DGS and the resonator offer stop bands at 2.45 GHz and 4.5 GHz respectively. Simulated results show a reduction in MC of 20 dB at 2.45 GHz band and 10 dB at 4.5 GHz band. We have developed experimental models that have proved this concept of MC reduction. Finally, the influence of other parameters of the proposed antenna at the presence of the combination of DGS and resonator in the array system has been studied. Prototype antennas for different combinations of DGS and resonator and two-element array integrated with DGS and resonator have been fabricated, measured and the idea has been verified. A good agreement is observed between measured and the simulated results.
Citation
Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Bappaditya Mandal, and Susanta Kumar Parui, "Mutual Coupling Reduction of a Dual-Frequency Microstrip Antenna Array by Using U-Shaped DGS and Inverted U-Shaped Microstrip Resonator," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 48, 61-68, 2014.
doi:10.2528/PIERC14020603
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