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Applications and future prospects for microstrip antennas using heterogeneous and complex 3-D geometry substrates

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posted on 2014-03-31, 11:54 authored by William WhittowWilliam Whittow, Syed S. Bukhari, L.A. Jones, Ivor L. Morrow
This paper critically reviews the electromagnetic advantages of altering the dielectric substrate section of the antenna as opposed to the conducting elements. Changing the dielectric has been used to improve the bandwidth, e±ciency and gain of antennas. Heterogeneous substrates have also been employed to lower the effective permittivity, suppress surface waves for high indexed substrate materials and reduce mutual coupling. In the second half of this paper, 3-D printing has been used to create substrates with reduced material consumption for a lightweight flexible wearable antenna.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Citation

WHITTOW, W.G. ... et al, 2014. Applications and future prospects for microstrip antennas using heterogeneous and complex 3-D geometry substrates. Progress in Electromagnetics Research, 144, pp. 271 - 280

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© EMW Publishing

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2014

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This article is reproduced courtesy of The Electromagnetics Academy. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2528/PIER13121902

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1070-4698

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1559-8985

Language

  • en

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