{"title":"A Novel Microstrip Patch Antenna Miniaturization Technique: A Meanderly Folded Shorted-Patch Antenna","authors":"A. Holub, Milan Polivka","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2008.4569889","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A novel microstrip patch antenna miniaturization technique based on multilayer meanderly folded shorted- patch structure is introduced. The technique enables a decrease of the original shorted (quarter-wavelength) patch dimension by the factor l/N where N is a number of vertically placed patch plates above the ground plane while maintaining a quarter wavelength resonant length. The antenna operational principle is explained via both E-field distribution inside the antenna structure and the surface current distribution on the conductive parts of the antenna. Two variants of the miniaturized patches with the footprint dimension approx. ~ lambda0/12 and lambda0/16 are simulated, realized and measured.","PeriodicalId":306289,"journal":{"name":"2008 14th Conference on Microwave Techniques","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"36","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 14th Conference on Microwave Techniques","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2008.4569889","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 36
Abstract
A novel microstrip patch antenna miniaturization technique based on multilayer meanderly folded shorted- patch structure is introduced. The technique enables a decrease of the original shorted (quarter-wavelength) patch dimension by the factor l/N where N is a number of vertically placed patch plates above the ground plane while maintaining a quarter wavelength resonant length. The antenna operational principle is explained via both E-field distribution inside the antenna structure and the surface current distribution on the conductive parts of the antenna. Two variants of the miniaturized patches with the footprint dimension approx. ~ lambda0/12 and lambda0/16 are simulated, realized and measured.