TY - GEN
T1 - An investigation of radiation from extremely thin planar antennas using characteristic mode analysis
AU - Sharma, Pallavi
AU - Bernhard, T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/12
Y1 - 2014/11/12
N2 - Microstrip antennas are one of the most widely used antennas in wireless applications. Increasing demand for miniaturization means that microstrip antennas not only scale in area but also in thickness. When the microstrip patch is placed in close proximity of the ground plane, most of the energy is stored in the form of parallel plate modes between the two conducting regions. Parallel plate modes store energy between the antenna and the ground plane and lead to the decrease in gain and an increase in cross-polarization levels. Parallel plate modes are thus considered to have a detrimental effect on the radiation characteristics of microstrip antennas. However, if used intelligently, radiation can be encouraged from the parallel plate modes.
AB - Microstrip antennas are one of the most widely used antennas in wireless applications. Increasing demand for miniaturization means that microstrip antennas not only scale in area but also in thickness. When the microstrip patch is placed in close proximity of the ground plane, most of the energy is stored in the form of parallel plate modes between the two conducting regions. Parallel plate modes store energy between the antenna and the ground plane and lead to the decrease in gain and an increase in cross-polarization levels. Parallel plate modes are thus considered to have a detrimental effect on the radiation characteristics of microstrip antennas. However, if used intelligently, radiation can be encouraged from the parallel plate modes.
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U2 - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955385
DO - 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955385
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84916235151
T3 - 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2014 - Proceedings
SP - 3
BT - 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2014 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2014
Y2 - 6 July 2014 through 11 July 2014
ER -