<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A broadband aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna is described herein. It consists of a feed part (a microstrip feed line and a coupling slot in a metal ground) and a radiating part with two radiators: a patch antenna and a backfire antenna. The bandwidth widening of the antenna is achieved by use of two resonances: a patch resonance and a backfire resonance. The antenna is designed to operate within the Ku-band. It has a frequency bandwidth of about 15% and a maximum gain of 11.5 dBi. Within the antenna bandwidth the gain and the radiation efficiency have values more than 9 dBi and 82.1%, respectively. The designed antenna has a simple and compact construction and high mechanical and electrical characteristics. It can be used as a single antenna or as an element of microstrip antenna arrays with various applications in the contemporary communication systems.</p></abstract>

A broadband aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna is described herein. It consists of a feed part (a microstrip feed line and a coupling slot in a metal ground) and a radiating part with two radiators: a patch antenna and a backfire antenna. The bandwidth widening of the antenna is achieved by use of two resonances: a patch resonance and a backfire resonance. The antenna is designed to operate within the Ku-band. It has a frequency bandwidth of about 15% and a maximum gain of 11.5 dBi. Within the antenna bandwidth the gain and the radiation efficiency have values more than 9 dBi and 82.1%, respectively. The designed antenna has a simple and compact construction and high mechanical and electrical characteristics. It can be used as a single antenna or as an element of microstrip antenna arrays with various applications in the contemporary communication systems.

Aperture Coupled Microstrip Short Backfire Antenna

Department of Radioengineering, Technical University of Varna, Studentska Str. 1, 9010 Varna, Bulgaria

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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A broadband aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna is described herein. It consists of a feed part (a microstrip feed line and a coupling slot in a...

Aperture Coupled Microstrip Short Backfire Antenna

Published Online: Apr 20, 2012

Page range: 75 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-012-0011-0

Keywords
aperture coupled microstrip antenna, aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna, microstrip antenna, microstrip short backfire antenna, short backfire antenna

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Aperture Coupled Microstrip Short Backfire Antenna

Published Online: Apr 20, 2012

Page range: 75 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-012-0011-0

Keywordsaperture coupled microstrip antenna, aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna, microstrip antenna, microstrip short backfire antenna, short backfire antenna

This content is open access.

Keywords
aperture coupled microstrip antenna, aperture coupled microstrip short backfire antenna, microstrip antenna, microstrip short backfire antenna, short backfire antenna