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A Planar Antenna Array with Separated Feed Line for Higher Gain and Sidelobe Reduction

Mohd Tarmizi Ali,

Dr. Mohd Tarmizi Ali

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

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Tharek Bin Abdul Rahman,

Professor Tharek Bin Abdul Rahman

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

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Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin,

Dr. Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

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Mohd Nor Md Tan,

Dr. Mohd Nor Md Tan

University Technology Malaysia (UiTM)

Malaysia

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Ronan Sauleau

Dr. Ronan Sauleau

Université de Rennes 1

France

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 8, 69-82, 2009

doi:10.2528/PIERC09041301

Abstract

A new antenna structure with lower side lobe pattern and higher gain was designed by combining a microstrip rectangular planar antenna array with the separated feed network technique. In this paper, the side lobe behaviors of two different radiating structures have been studied and compared. The first antenna configuration ("Structure 1") is a 16-element planar antenna array whose feed line is printed on the same plane as the radiating elements. The second one ("Structure 2") is a 16-element planar antenna array whose feed network is separated from the radiating elements by an air gap. This technique enables one to reduce the unwanted spurious effects from the feed line. Both antennas are designed at 5.8 GHz. Compared to "Structure 1" we show that the optimization of "Structure 2" allows reducing the side lobe level and increasing the antenna gain. The experimental results are shown to be in very good agreement with the numerical simulations.

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Mohd Tarmizi Ali, Tharek Bin Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin, Mohd Nor Md Tan, and Ronan Sauleau, "A Planar Antenna Array with Separated Feed Line for Higher Gain and Sidelobe Reduction," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 8, 69-82, 2009.
doi:10.2528/PIERC09041301

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