Novel Wideband Metallic Patch Antennas with Low Profile.

Authors :: Zhang, Zhong-Xiang
Kong, Meng
Wang, Shuo
Pan, Yong-Mei
Source :: International Journal of Antennas & Propagation; 4/30/2017, p1-8, 8p
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: Two planar metallic patch (MP) antennas with low profiles are investigated and compared in this paper. The MP of each antenna consists of metallic patch cells and it is centrally fed by a rectangular slot. Two modes with close resonance frequencies are excited, providing a quite wide bandwidth. The antenna principle is explained clearly through a parametric study. Simulated and measured results show that the MP antennas with profile of 0.06λ<subscript>0</subscript> can obtain a 10 dB impedance bandwidth of ~32% and an average gain of ~10 dBi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]