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Microstrip Antenna Designs For Sensor and Communications Applications
Microstrip Antenna Designs For Sensor and Communications Applications
Communications Applications
David Pozar
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst MA 01003
email: pozar@ecs.umass.edu
slides: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/pozar/AntResRev2005.ppt
Outline
One of the main goals of the Center for Advanced Sensor and
Communications Antennas at the University of Massachusetts is to
identify and develop antenna technologies with improved performance
and/or reduced cost for future applications.
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f = 12.45 GHz. Red curve for array using non-symmetric feed network, green
curve for array with reversed patches in E-plane. Note: main beam peaks are
off center due to mechanical misalignment of test fixture.
Ku Band Array
Microstrip Reflectarray
This reflectarray uses
variable length
microstrip patches to
provide a shaped beam
pattern.
microstrip patches
ground plane
with apertures
variable length
tuning stubs
cross section
unit cell
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f = 5.0 GHz
f = 5.2 GHz
f = 5.4 GHz
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f = 5.0 GHz
f = 5.2 GHz
f = 5.4 GHz
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variable-length
microstrip patches
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stub-tuned aperture
coupled patches
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1 dB gain
bandwidth is
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from 3.5% to
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Variable Size Patches
Aperture Coupled Patches w/ Stubs
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