Apparatus and Method for Improving the Gain and Bandwidth of a Microstrip Patch Antenna

Abstract

A method for improving bandwidth and gain of a microstrip patch antenna and a microstrip patch antenna are provided. The method includes forming a highly anisotropic superstrate, and positioning the highly anisotropic superstrate at a predetermined distance away from the ground plane side of the microstrip patch antenna, increasing the bandwidth of the microstrip patch antenna. The antenna provides a microstrip patch antenna having a highly anisotropic superstrate. The highly anisotropic superstrate can include a spacing layer, a dielectric material positioned on the spacing layer and a plurality of conductive strips disposed on the dielectric layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601325

Entities

People

  • David A. Tonn

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attorneys
  • Bandwidth
  • Circuit Boards
  • Dielectrics
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Radio Waves
  • Standing Wave Ratios
  • Standing Waves
  • Syntactic Foams
  • Undersea Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects