Bandwidth limitations on linearly polarized microstrip antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-257

  Ghorbani, A ^a   Ansarizadeh, M ^b   Abd Alhameed, R A ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Fano theory; Microstrip antennas; Youla theory

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BANDWIDTH; BANDWIDTH LIMITATION; BANDWIDTH PRODUCT; BROAD BAND MATCHING; FANO THEORY; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LUMPED EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT; NARROW BANDS; PARALLEL SLOTS; PATCH ANTENNA; RETURN LOSS; WIDE-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 76849115230     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037768     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. H. A. Wheeler, "The wide-band matching area for small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.AP-31, no.2, pp. 364-367, Mar. 1983.
2. H. A. Wheeler, "Small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.AP-23, pp. 462-469, Jul. 1975.
3. A. Ghorbani and R. A. Abd-Alhameed, "An approach for calculating the limiting bandwidth-Reflection coefficient product for microstrip patch antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.54, no.4, pp. 1328-1331, Apr. 2006.
4. R. M. Fano, Theoretical limitations on the broadband matching of arbitrary impedances [Online]. Available: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/ 1721.1/12909
5. D. C. Youla, "A new theory of broadband matching," IEEE Trans. Circuit Theory, vol.CT-11, pp. 30-50, Mar. 1964.
6. H. J. Carlin and P. J. Crepeau, "Theoretical limitations on the broadband matching of arbitrary impedances," IRE Trans. Circuit Theory, p. 165, 1961.
7. M. Ansarizadeh and A. Ghorbani, "Maximum theoretical bandwidth of microstrip patch antennas," in Proc. iWAT2008, Chiba, Japan, Mar. 2008, pp. 310-313.
8. A. Ghorbani and M. A. Ansarizadeh, "The Fano integrals as an objective measure of antenna bandwidth reflection coefficient product limit," presented at the Int. RF and Microwave Conf., Putrajaya, Malaysia, Sep. 2006.
9. A. Hujanen, J. Holmberg, and J. C.-E. Sten, "Bandwidth limitations of impedance matched ideal dipoles," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.53, no.10, Oct. 2005.
10. Z. Lizhong and Q. Yihong, "A novel approach to evaluating the gainbandwidth potential of antennas," in Proc. Antennas Propag. Society Int. Symp. AP-S. Digest, Jul. 1996, vol.3, pp. 2058-2061.
11. A. R. Lopez, "More on narrowband impedance-matching limitations," IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol.46, no.6, p. 102, Dec. 2004.
12. R. C. Hansen, "Fano limits on matching bandwidth," IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol.47, no.3, Jun. 2005.
13. F. Yang, X. Z. Zhang, and Y. Rahmat Samii, "Wideband E-shaped patch antennas for wireless communications," IEEE Trans. Antenna Propag., vol.49, no.7, Jul. 2001.
14. F. Abboud et al., "Simple model for the input impedance of coax-fed rectangular microstrip patch antenna for CAD," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng. Microw., Antennas Propag., vol.135, no.5, pp. 323-326, Oct. 1988.
15. D. Kajfez, "De-embedding of lossy foster networks," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.53, no.10, pp. 1328-1331, Oct. 2005.
16. Y. Kim and H. Ling, "Equivalent circuit modeling of broadband antennas using a rational function approximation," Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., vol.48, no.5, pp. 950-953, May 2006.
17. M. Ansarizadeh and A. Ghorbani, "An approach for equivalent circuit modeling of rectangular microstrip antennas," Progr. Electromagn. Res. B, vol.8, pp. 77-86, 2008.
18. W. Richards, "An improved theory for microstrip patches," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.AP-29, pp. 38-46, Jan. 1981.
19. A. K. Bhattacharyya and R. Garg, "Generalized transmission line model for microstrip patches," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng., vol.132, pt. H, pp. 93-98, 1985.
20. K. F. Lee et al., "Experimental and simulation studies of the coaxially fed U-slot rectangular patch antenna," Proc. Inst. Elect. Eng. Microw. Antennas Propag., vol.144, no.5, Oct. 1997.
21. R. Bhalla and L. Shafai, "Resonance behavior of single U-slot and dual U-slot antennas," in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Society Int. Symp., 2001, vol.2, pp. 700-703.
22. D. M. Kokotoff and J. T. Aberle, "Rigorous analysis of probe-fed printed annular ring antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.AP-47, no.2, pp. 384-388, Feb. 1999.
23. D. C. Youla, "A new theory of cascade synthesis," IRE Trans. Circuit Theory, vol.8, no.3, pp. 244-260, Sep. 1961.