A printed array antenna for multi-layer PCB design

Guan Chai Eu, Mohamed Mansour, Kuniaki Yoshitomi, Haruichi Kanaya

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Abstract

This paper presents a design of 1×4 printed array antenna excited by proximity coupling. The gain of patch antenna built on thin substrate is usually inferior to the one with thicker substrate of the same material. The goal of this work is to design an antenna with realized gain less responsive to substrate thickness. Patch antenna fed by two-layer proximity coupled feeding line is introduced to alleviate gain degradation caused by thin substrate. Proposed antenna is compared with conventional patch antenna in simulation. 1×4 array antenna is fabricated on multi-layer PCB to validate our design. Array antenna fabricated on FR-4 substrate exhibits good radiation characteristics and a flat gain response from 7.7 to 8.3 GHz is measured. Measured radiation patterns of array antenna are similar to simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781538604656
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 19 2017
Event2017 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2017 - Phuket, Thailand
Duration: Oct 30 2017Nov 2 2017

Publication series

Name2017 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2017
Volume2017-January

Other

Other2017 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2017
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityPhuket
Period10/30/1711/2/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Instrumentation

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