Microstrip patch antennas with enhanced gain by partial substrate removal

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2811-2816

  Yeap, Siew Bee ^a   Chen, Zhi Ning ^a  

^a Institute of Infocomm   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; surface waves

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; EFFECTIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOSS REDUCTION; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; PATCH ANTENNA; PATCH SIZE; SUBSTRATE LOSS; SUBSTRATE REMOVAL;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77956391555     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2052572     Document Type: Article

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