Abstract
A monopole antenna, printed on low-cost laminate and fed by a microstrip line, is examined. These types of antennas are becoming popular in view of their broad bandwidth and low-profile structure, enabling easy integration as a terminal antenna. The move away from a classical ground plane (with normal radiator) is one of the attractive features of these antennas, but the full effects of the radiator and ground plane being on opposite sides of the same laminate are often not investigated. The effect of these ground planes on the impedance bandwidth arid radiation pattern is investigated experimentally and numerically.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 59-61 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2005 |
Keywords
- Antenna measurements
- Ground plane
- Microstrip antennas
- Monopole antennas