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Abstract

A wideband unidirectional patch antenna with two meandering strips and a Г-shaped feeding structure is designed. The investigation shows that the antenna achieves an impedance bandwidth of 54.2% for VSWR ≤ 2 and a stable gain of around 9 dBi. The far field radiation patterns with low cross polarization which levels are less than -27 dB, low back radiation and symmetrical E-and H-plane patterns are obtained over the whole operating frequency range.

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Dr. Jia-Yue Zhao

Dr. Zhi-Ya Zhang

Dr. Yang Li

Dr. Guang Fu

Prof. Shu-Xi Gong