Broadband patch antenna with a folded plate pair as a differential feeding scheme

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2461-2467

  Chin, Ching Hong K ^a   Xue, Quan ^a   Wong, Hang ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth widening; Cross polarization; Microstrip patch antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BROADBAND PATCH ANTENNA; DIFFERENTIAL FEEDING SCHEME; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTH;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 34548615699     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.904118     Document Type: Article

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